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Source Description
This broadly brushed study was made in Rembrandt's workshop in the late 1630s by a student. There are other studies of this man's head from different directions. Rembrandt operated a school within his workshop, and many young men studied with him to learn his expressive style. They set up their easels in a circle around the model-perhaps a poor man from the neighborhood who had an interesting face.Rembrandt was one of the first to see the faces of the elderly, reflecting a lifetime of experience, as wonderful subjects. With loose brush strokes and selective highlighting, the painter explores the sitter's lined, weathered face.
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Document identity
localId
29980
label
Head of an Old Man
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
29980
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Head of an Old Man
description
This broadly brushed study was made in Rembrandt's workshop in the late 1630s by a student. There are other studies of this man's head from different directions. Rembrandt operated a school within his workshop, and many young men studied with him to learn his expressive style. They set up their easels in a circle around the model-perhaps a poor man from the neighborhood who had an interesting face.Rembrandt was one of the first to see the faces of the elderly, reflecting a lifetime of experience, as wonderful subjects. With loose brush strokes and selective highlighting, the painter explores the sitter's lined, weathered face.
provenance
Arnold Seligmann, Rey and Co., New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1635-1640 (Baroque)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
paintings
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
20.6
height
17.7
dimensionsRaw
8 1/8 x 6 15/16 in. (20.6 x 17.7 cm)
Source extras
med
oil on panel
creator_ids
2568
collection_ids
BAR
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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343b0e8682c9218e