Tag: black

Old Man with a Gold Chain (1631)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Old Man with a Gold Chain 1631 Oil on panel, 83.1 x 75.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This evocative character study is an early example of a type of subject that preoccupied the great Dutch master…

Portrait of Philips Lucasz (1635)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of Philips Lucasz 1635 Oil on oak, 79.5 x 58.9 cm National Gallery, London This painting was made in 1635, when Rembrandt was 29 years old, just over three years after he had set up his studio…

Portrait of Margaretha de Geer (1661)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of Margaretha de Geer, Wife of Jacob Trip 1661 Oil on canvas, 75.3 x 63.8 cm National Gallery, London Margaretha de Geer was married to Jacob Trip – an extremely wealthy merchant and arms dealer – for…

Portrait of Aechje Claesdr (1634)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of Aechje Claesdr 1634 Oil on oak, 71.1 x 55.9 cm National Gallery, London The optical illusion created by this painting, is a powerful one. Rembrandt has used contrasts between light and dark – for example, the…

Self-Portrait (c.1634-1635)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) & workshop? Self-Portrait c.1634–1635 Oil on oak, 80 x 62 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Partially repainted painting and a complex execution process. Initially rectangular in format – the panel originally bore a student composition of the master inspired…

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…

Saskia van Uylenburgh, the Wife of the Artist (1634-1640)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Saskia van Uylenburgh, the Wife of the Artist probably begun 1634/1635 and completed 1638/1640 Oil on panel, 60.5 x 49 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington After learning the fundamentals of drawing and painting in his native Leiden, Rembrandt van Rijn went…