Tag: 1660

Rembrandt’s Son Titus in a Monk’s Habit (1660)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Rembrandt’s Son Titus in a Monk’s Habit 1660 Oil on canvas, 79.5 x 67.7 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Rembrandt portrays his 19-year-old son Titus as a Franciscan monk. The rules of the Order prescribe a life of poverty and…

Tobit and Anna with the Kid (1660)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Tobit and Anna with the Kid 1626 Oil on panel, 39.5 x 30 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Interior with Tobit and Anna with the kid. On the left, the old blind Tobit sits with his dog by a fire.…

The Denial of St Peter (1660)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Denial of St Peter 1660 Oil on canvas, 154 x 169 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam While Christ is being questioned by the high priests in the dead of night, Peter waits outside. A maidservant recognizes him as one…

A Young Man Seated at a Table (c.1660)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) A Young Man Seated at a Table, possibly Govaert Flinck c.1660 Oil on canvas, 109.9 x 89.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington After learning the fundamentals of drawing and painting in his native Leiden, Rembrandt van Rijn went to Amsterdam in 1624 to study…

Self-Portrait (1660)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Self-Portrait 1660 Oil on canvas, 80.3 x 67.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Rembrandt was a dedicated self-portraitist all his life, and roughly forty self-portraits by him survive today. In this example, painted when Rembrandt was fifty-four,…

Woman with a Pink (early 1660s)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Woman with a Pink early 1660s Oil on canvas, 92.1 x 74.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Her forehead crisscrossed with jewels, the sitter of this portrait displays a pink, or carnation, a symbol of love and…

Portrait of a Man (1650-1660)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of a Man c.1650–1660 Oil on canvas, 83.5 x 64.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This portrait is generally considered to be by Rembrandt, and is somewhat less uniformly thought to date from the 1650s. Both…

Man with a Magnifying Glass (early 1660s)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Man with a Magnifying Glass early 1660s Oil on canvas, 91.4 x 74.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This portrait most likely depicts the Amsterdam auctioneer Pieter Haringh (1609–1685), who once handled the sale of a famous…

Portrait of Gerard de Lairesse (mid-1660s)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of Gerard de Lairesse mid-1660s Oil on canvas, 112.7 x 87.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Gerard de Lairesse (1641–1711) was, in his day, a well-known painter, etcher, and art theorist. He suffered from congenital syphilis,…