Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of a Man 1661 Oil on canvas, 71 x 61 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Portrait of a Man (1661)
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David and Jonathan (1642)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) David and Jonathan 1642 Oil on panel, 73 x 61.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg After his wife’s death Rembrandt continued for a time to live in a grand style, assembling a collection of antiques in his Amsterdam home.…
Portrait of a Man of the Van Beresteyn Family (1632)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of a Man, probably a Member of the Van Beresteyn Family 1632 Oil on canvas, 111.8 x 88.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The man is most likely Cornelis van Beresteyn (1586–1638), a wealthy burgomaster of…
Portrait of a Man (1632)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of a Man 1632 Oil on wood, 75.6 x 52.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Painted just after Rembrandt’s arrival in Amsterdam, this well-preserved portrait reveals the talent that enabled the young artist to quickly make…
Man in Oriental Costume (1632)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Man in Oriental Costume (‘The Noble Slav’) 1632 Oil on canvas, 152.7 x 111.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Compared with Rembrandt‘s formal portraits of the same year, this picture is remarkable for its brilliant brushwork and…
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 a Man Holding Gloves (1648)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of a Man Holding Gloves 1648 Oil on wood, 80.6 x 67.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In style and execution this portrait of a dignified older gentleman is consistent with Rembrandt‘s work of about 1645–50.…
Lieven Willemsz van Coppenol (s.d.)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Lieven Willemsz van Coppenol s.d. Oil on wood, 36.5 x 28.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York See also: • Coppenol, Lieven Willemsz van (1598-1667)
Abraham receiving the three angels of the Lord (1680-1685)
Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711) Abraham receiving the three angels of the Lord c.1680–1685 Oil on canvas, 120 x 164 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Episode taken from the Bible (Genesis, XVIII, 6-15). In the background, Sarah, Abraham’s old wife, who will…
Odysseus and Calypso (c.1680)
Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711) Odysseus and Calypso c.1680 Oil on canvas, 125 x 94 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam The Greek poet Homer recounts how the heroic warrior Odysseus found refuge on the island of the nymph Calypso. The Trojan War is over:…