• 'Self Portrait at the Age of 34' Rembrandt, 1640. A young man looks out at the viewer. He wears a heavy, brown overcoat and matching cap. His right arm rests against a stone parapet in front of him.

Rembrandt's 'Self Portrait at the Age of 34' at the Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

May 10 – September 1, 2024
Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
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Brighton Museum & Art Gallery is located in the Royal Pavilion garden, at the heart of Brighton's cultural quarter. It is home to groundbreaking displays celebrating world-class art, history, and design.

What will you be like when you’re 34?

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery will use Rembrandt’s self-portrait to spark a Photography Club project and display, asking that question of 13-to-16-year-olds in the local area.

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  • Audio description of Rembrandt's 'Self Portrait at the Age of 34'


  • Curator's introduction to Rembrandt's 'Self Portrait at the Age of 34'


  • Stop 1, Rembrandt in Brighton.

    This first audio guide from Brighton and Hove Museums introduces Rembrandt’s picture. Laurie Bassam, Curator of Fine and Decorative Arts, highlights the picture’s unconventional and playful side.

  • Stop 2, Rembrandt in Brighton.

    In this second guide from Brighton and Hove Museum, Laurie Bassam explains how Brighton, a place famous for self display and self expression, is the perfect home for Rembrandt’s picture.

  • Stop 3, Rembrandt in Brighton.

    In this third audio guide from Brighton and Hove Museum, we hear how young people from the local area have engaged with Rembrandt’s painting. Hazel Welsh, the Youth Engagement Coordinator, introduces a photography project which has taken the young people from the National Gallery to their own lives in Brighton, in search of inspiration for their own self-portraits.

  • Stop 4, Rembrandt in Brighton.

    In this final audio guide, Fiona Story, Exhibition Coordinator at Brighton and Hove Museum, outlines her hopes for the exhibition: to help visitors think about their own futures. A National Gallery audio guide produced by Mike Rucinski and Melvin Rickarby at Boutique Recording. Producer for the National Gallery, Lily Middleton.

  • BSL introduction to Rembrandt's 'Self Portrait at the Age of 34' at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

  • Subtitles or captions available.

    How do young people today capture self portraits?

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