'Tronie' of a Young Man with Gorget and Beret

[1] It is now in the Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence, where the most recent restoration by Daniele Rossi revealed a signature previously hidden under old varnish.

[2] As in many of Rembrandt's actual self-portraits, the subject wears fanciful dress that suggests the 16th rather than the 17th century.

The gorget was contemporary wear for a soldier, included in a number of Rembrandt's tronie self-portraits.

It was exhibited in Florence as a Rembrandt self-portrait in 1724, and so described in the published illustrated catalogue of the Gerini collection in 1759.

The highly unusual rendition in fresco of a reproductive print shows the prestige the painting had.