{"id":104896,"date":"2020-05-30T12:43:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-30T10:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/rembrandt-returns-home\/"},"modified":"2020-05-30T12:43:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-30T10:43:00","slug":"rembrandt-returns-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/en\/rembrandt-returns-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Rembrandt Returns Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On February 21, the exhibition \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsupp.com\/it\/GalleriaCorsini\/ExhibitionsEvents\/Rembrant-alla-Galleria-Corsini\/964\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rembrandt at the Galleria Corsini: The Self-Portrait as Saint Paul<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d was inaugurated in the beautiful setting of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsupp.com\/it\/GalleriaCorsini\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Gallery of Ancient Art in Rome<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Rembrandt&#8217;s self-portrait<\/strong>, around which the exhibition revolves, has had a tumultuous history. The letters, estimates, and original legal documents (now preserved at the Corsini Archive in San Casciano) will support us on this journey, revealing the intimate relationship between the work now housed at the Rijksmuseum and the Corsini family.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_83608\" style=\"width: 584px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/https:\/\/www.artsupp.com\/it\/GalleriaCorsini\/ExhibitionsEvents\/Rembrant-alla-Galleria-Corsini\/964\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83608\" class=\"wp-image-83608\" title=\"Rembrandt, Self-Portrait as Saint Paul, 1661, installation view\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GallCorsini_MostraRembrandt_16-copia-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"574\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GallCorsini_MostraRembrandt_16-copia-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GallCorsini_MostraRembrandt_16-copia-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GallCorsini_MostraRembrandt_16-copia-1024x647.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GallCorsini_MostraRembrandt_16-copia-768x485.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GallCorsini_MostraRembrandt_16-copia-1536x970.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GallCorsini_MostraRembrandt_16-copia-2048x1293.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GallCorsini_MostraRembrandt_16-copia-600x379.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-83608\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Rembrandt, Self-Portrait as Saint Paul, 1661, installation view<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Rembrandt&#8217;s Self-Portrait as Saint Paul<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s start from the beginning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rembrandt created the Self-Portrait in 1661, signing and dating it. The artist from Leiden represented himself in 80 different paintings throughout his life, but this work is the only one in which he appears in the biblical robes of Saint Paul. We can see the iconographic symbols of the saint: the sword and the book of epistles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanks to the inscription \u201cn.123\u201d on the back of the canvas, it has been possible to trace the first owner of the painting: the banker <strong>Everhard Jabach<\/strong>, one of the most important German collectors. The painting was then purchased by <strong>Nicolas Vieughels<\/strong> in 1725, who moved to Rome as the Director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsupp.com\/it\/villamedici\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">French Academy<\/a>, bringing the painting with him.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_83547\" style=\"width: 389px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/https:\/\/www.artsupp.com\/it\/GalleriaCorsini\/ExhibitionsEvents\/Rembrant-alla-Galleria-Corsini\/964\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83547\" class=\"wp-image-83547\" title=\"Rembrandt, Self-Portrait as Saint Paul, 1661, detail n.123 on the back of the canvas\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/89470504_913366609136115_4339996523405246464_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"379\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/89470504_913366609136115_4339996523405246464_o.jpg 1760w, https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/89470504_913366609136115_4339996523405246464_o-258x300.jpg 258w, https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/89470504_913366609136115_4339996523405246464_o-880x1024.jpg 880w, https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/89470504_913366609136115_4339996523405246464_o-768x894.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/89470504_913366609136115_4339996523405246464_o-1320x1536.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/89470504_913366609136115_4339996523405246464_o-600x698.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 379px) 100vw, 379px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-83547\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Rembrandt, Self-Portrait as Saint Paul, 1661, detail n.123 on the back of the canvas<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Rembrandt&#8217;s Self-Portrait and the Corsini<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_83557\" style=\"width: 405px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/https:\/\/www.artsupp.com\/it\/GalleriaCorsini\/ExhibitionsEvents\/Rembrant-alla-Galleria-Corsini\/964\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83557\" class=\"wp-image-83557\" title=\"Rembrandt, The Three Trees, etching, 1643\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/13.-Rembrandt-Tre-alberi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"395\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/13.-Rembrandt-Tre-alberi.jpg 2362w, https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/13.-Rembrandt-Tre-alberi-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/13.-Rembrandt-Tre-alberi-1024x780.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/13.-Rembrandt-Tre-alberi-768x585.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/13.-Rembrandt-Tre-alberi-1536x1171.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/13.-Rembrandt-Tre-alberi-2048x1561.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/13.-Rembrandt-Tre-alberi-600x457.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-83557\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Rembrandt, The Three Trees, etching, 1643 <\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upon Vieughels&#8217; death, his wife put the painting up for sale. It was then that <strong>Cardinal Neri Maria Corsini<\/strong> decided to purchase it to enrich the collection of Palazzo Corsini on Lungara.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But what is the connection between Rembrandt and the Corsini? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Corsini were great enthusiasts of the works of the Dutch artist, and during a trip to Holland in 1667, Marquis Filippo Corsini met Rembrandt in person. His son Neri Maria shared the same passion and over the years acquired many works and prints by the artist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By the end of the 1800s, the <strong>Corsini<\/strong> had more than <strong>200 etchings by Rembrandt<\/strong>: twelve prints can be admired during the exhibition visit, and others are preserved at the National Institute of Graphics in Rome.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>1799 and the Napoleonic Looting<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rembrandt&#8217;s self-portrait remained within the <strong>Corsini<\/strong> walls for <strong>71 long years<\/strong>, until 1799. These were terrible years during the Napoleonic occupation, years of looting of the entire artistic heritage of the city of Rome.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many Roman families were forced to sell their collections due to the high taxes imposed by the French. The Corsini family also found themselves involved in this tragic situation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prince <strong>Tommaso Corsini<\/strong> took refuge in Sicily to escape the French, leaving the family estate in the hands of the house steward <strong>Ludovico Radice<\/strong>, a sort of administrator and custodian of the family assets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_83610\" style=\"width: 395px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83610\" class=\"wp-image-83610\" title=\"View of Castel Sant'Angelo during the Napoleonic occupation, engraving, 1799\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/39824554-ocupaci\u00f3n-de-roma-por-el-ej\u00e9rcito-franc\u00e9s-el-grabado-de-\u00e9poca--1024x726.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"385\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/39824554-ocupaci\u00f3n-de-roma-por-el-ej\u00e9rcito-franc\u00e9s-el-grabado-de-\u00e9poca--1024x726.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/39824554-ocupaci\u00f3n-de-roma-por-el-ej\u00e9rcito-franc\u00e9s-el-grabado-de-\u00e9poca--300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/39824554-ocupaci\u00f3n-de-roma-por-el-ej\u00e9rcito-franc\u00e9s-el-grabado-de-\u00e9poca--768x545.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/39824554-ocupaci\u00f3n-de-roma-por-el-ej\u00e9rcito-franc\u00e9s-el-grabado-de-\u00e9poca--600x426.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/39824554-ocupaci\u00f3n-de-roma-por-el-ej\u00e9rcito-franc\u00e9s-el-grabado-de-\u00e9poca-.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 385px) 100vw, 385px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-83610\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>View of Castel Sant&#8217;Angelo during the Napoleonic occupation, engraving, 1799<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The French threatened and imprisoned Radice, who proposed to the Prince to sell part of the family&#8217;s artistic heritage to meet the taxes. Tommaso Corsini did not agree; he was opposed to selling his collection and would defend it at any cost.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, Radice decided to disregard the agreements made with the Prince and contacted a painter, <strong>Stefano Tofanelli<\/strong>, to have part of the paintings appraised.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The total value of the estimated paintings amounted to 6050 scudi, but the art dealer <strong>Luigi Mirri<\/strong> bought them all for only <strong>3500 scudi<\/strong>. The paintings that received the highest appraisal (1000 scudi) were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsupp.com\/it\/GalleriaCorsini\/Artworks\/Guido-Reni-Salome-con-la-testa-del-Battista\/811\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Herodias by Guido Reni<\/a> and the portrait of Julius II, then attributed to Raphael, while <strong>Rembrandt&#8217;s Self-Portrait<\/strong> was valued at only <strong>100 scudi<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the end of the Roman Republic, Prince Tommaso returned to Rome and, upon learning of the sale, sought in every way to recover the paintings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prince even initiated a lawsuit against Mirri to reclaim the works, and everything concluded on January 22, 1800, with an agreement. Tommaso Corsini repurchased from Mirri only 9 of the 25 paintings, for a total of 2100 scudi. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsupp.com\/it\/GalleriaCorsini\/Artworks\/Guido-Reni-Salome-con-la-testa-del-Battista\/811\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Salome by Guido Reni<\/a>, the Portrait of Julius II, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsupp.com\/it\/GalleriaCorsini\/Artworks\/Bartolome-Esteban-Murillo-Madonna-del-latte\/818\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Madonna by Murillo<\/a> returned to the Galleria Corsini. However, among the <strong>9 paintings returned<\/strong> to the palace was not Rembrandt&#8217;s Self-Portrait.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_83607\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83607\" class=\"wp-image-83607 size-full\" title=\"Installation view of the exhibition, detail of the original documents\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GallCorsini_MostraRembrandt_14-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GallCorsini_MostraRembrandt_14-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GallCorsini_MostraRembrandt_14-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GallCorsini_MostraRembrandt_14-1024x609.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GallCorsini_MostraRembrandt_14-768x457.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GallCorsini_MostraRembrandt_14-1536x914.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GallCorsini_MostraRembrandt_14-2048x1219.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GallCorsini_MostraRembrandt_14-600x357.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-83607\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Installation view of the exhibition, detail of the original documents<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>The Painting from London to Amsterdam<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rembrandt&#8217;s work remained in the hands of Luigi Mirri.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the exhibition, you can observe the two engravings commissioned by the dealer to promote the sale of the Self-Portrait. The first print, dated 1799, was made by the renowned Lombard artist <strong>Giuseppe Longhi<\/strong> specifically for \u201cadvertising\u201d purposes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was then that the self-portrait ended up in the hands of the main English dealers active in Rome, from William Young Ottley to Robert Fagan, from James Irvine to William Buchanan. The latter brought it to England in 1807, as noted on a label on the back of the painting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_83553\" style=\"width: 289px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83553\" class=\"wp-image-83553\" title=\"Giuseppe Longhi, Self-Portrait of Rembrandt as Saint Paul, engraving, 1799\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/18.-Longhi-Autoritratto-di-Rembrandt-come-san-Paolo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"279\" height=\"394\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-83553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Giuseppe Longhi, Self-Portrait of Rembrandt as Saint Paul, engraving, 1799<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_83554\" style=\"width: 337px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83554\" class=\"wp-image-83554\" title=\"Charles Turner, Self-Portrait of Rembrandt as Saint Paul, engraving, 1809\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20.-Turner-Autoritratto-di-Rembrandt-come-san-Paolo-252x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"327\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20.-Turner-Autoritratto-di-Rembrandt-come-san-Paolo-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20.-Turner-Autoritratto-di-Rembrandt-come-san-Paolo-861x1024.jpg 861w, https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20.-Turner-Autoritratto-di-Rembrandt-come-san-Paolo-768x914.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20.-Turner-Autoritratto-di-Rembrandt-come-san-Paolo-1291x1536.jpg 1291w, https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20.-Turner-Autoritratto-di-Rembrandt-come-san-Paolo-600x714.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.artsupp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20.-Turner-Autoritratto-di-Rembrandt-come-san-Paolo.jpg 1430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-83554\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Charles Turner, Self-Portrait of Rembrandt as Saint Paul, engraving, 1809<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Charles Kinnaird<\/strong> purchased it in London and commissioned the artist <strong>Charles Turner<\/strong> for the second \u201cadvertising engraving\u201d of the painting to resell it. Only in 1936 did the Kinnaird heirs sell the Self-Portrait to the de Bruijin couple, who in 1960 bequeathed it to the <strong>Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam<\/strong>, where it is still preserved today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our journey of <strong>221 years<\/strong> concludes just as it began, with the exhibition \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsupp.com\/it\/GalleriaCorsini\/ExhibitionsEvents\/Rembrant-alla-Galleria-Corsini\/964\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rembrandt at the Galleria Corsini: The Self-Portrait as Saint Paul<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsupp.com\/it\/GalleriaCorsini\/Info\">Galleria Corsini<\/a>, the home that has cherished it for almost a century.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We remind you that it is open until <strong>September 30, 2020<\/strong> and you can find it in preview on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsupp.com\/it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Artsupp<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tmnf_excerpt\"><div class=\"tmnf_excerpt\"><p>On February 21, the exhibition \u201cRembrandt at the Galleria Corsini: The Self-Portrait as Saint Paul\u201d was inaugurated in the beautiful setting of the National Gallery of Ancient Art in Rome. Rembrandt&#8217;s self-portrait, around which the exhibition revolves, has had a tumultuous history. The letters, estimates, and original legal documents (now preserved at the Corsini Archive &hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[784],"tags":[2146,1138,2948,2187],"class_list":["post-104896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-short-guide-to-the-exhibition","tag-flemish-painting-en","tag-mostre-a-roma-en","tag-national-gallery-of-barberini-and-corsini-en","tag-rembrandt-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rembrandt&#039;s Self-Portrait Returns Home in Corsini Gallery<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The exhibition &#039;The Self-Portrait as Saint Paul by Rembrandt&#039; tells the adventurous story of the 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