Why Rembrandt and da Vinci may have painted themselves with skewed eyes
Scientists are still debating if the cause was an eye disorder or one strongly dominant eye
![Rembrandt self-portrait](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/120519_sb_artist-eyes_feat.jpg?fit=1028%2C579&ssl=1)
In Rembrandt’s 1639 etching, Self-Portrait, Leaning on a Stone Wall, the eye on the left looks straight ahead while the eye on the right faces slightly outward.
Gift of John J. Glessner III, 1947/The Metropolitan Museum of Art