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Rembrandt: The first great selfies
Culture editor Steve Smith goes to Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum to come face to face with the first great selfies.
'All the Rembrandts' showcases a huge collection of the Dutch painter's work, 350 years after his death.
“Rembrandt is the first artist who depicts himself. There’s no artist who’s made so many self-portraits,” Taco Dibbits, the Rijksmuseum's director, says.
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