Rembrandt: A Self-Portrait

{{short description|1954 film}}

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| name = Rembrandt: A Self-Portrait

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| producer = Morrie Roizman

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| studio = Auerbach Film Enterprises{{Cite book| publisher = Washington, Library of Congress| last1 = Library of Congress| last2 = Library of Congress. Catalog Maintenance Division| title = Library of Congress catalog: Motion pictures and filmstrips; a cumulative list of works represented by Library of Congress printed cards| access-date = 2021-04-04| date = 1953| url = https://archive.org/details/libvol28raryofcongres195357librrich|page=693}}

| distributor = Distributors Corporation of America

| released = {{film date|1954}}

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| country = United States

| language = English

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Rembrandt: A Self-Portrait is a 1954 American short documentary film about the artist Rembrandt produced by Morrie Roizman, a former editor for The March of Time.{{Cite news| volume = 17| issue = 1| pages = 14| title = Academy Award Nominee Roizman to Robert Lawrence| work = Business screen magazine| date = 1956|url=https://archive.org/details/business1956screenmav17rich/page/n19/mode/2up|via=Internet Archive}} This film shows a series of Rembrandt's artwork, including painting and drawings spanning his entire life and being shown as related of events throughout his life are narrated.

Rembrandt: A Self-Portrait was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/300252/Rembrandt-A-Self-Portrait/details |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015180215/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/300252/Rembrandt-A-Self-Portrait/details |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 15, 2012 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |title=NY Times: Rembrandt: A Self-Portrait |access-date=November 25, 2008}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1955 |title=The 27th Academy Awards (1955) Nominees and Winners |access-date=May 30, 2019|publisher=Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)}}

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