Rembrandt (1606-1669) Bust of a Man in Oriental Dress 1633 Oil on oak, 85.8 x 63.8 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich Paintings of individual figures in Holland in the seventeenth century that were neither portraits nor history paintings are called tronies…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Saskia van Uylenburgh in Arcadian Costume 1635 Oil on canvas, 123.5 x 97.5 cm National Gallery, London Saskia van Uylenburgh, the daughter of a burgomaster of Leeuwarden in Friesland, was 23 years old and had been married to…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Man in Oriental Dress 1635 Oil on panel, 72 x 54.5 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Rembrandt plays with light in a singular manner. Here it floods the man’s turban and the right side of his face like a powerful…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Young Woman in Fantasy Costume 1633 Oil on panel, 65 x 48 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam This young woman’s clothing does not reflect the fashion of Rembrandt’s day, but dates from earlier centuries. That suggests this is a tronie,…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Man in Oriental Costume c.1635 Oil on linen, 98.5 x 74.5 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 for six months with Pieter…
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…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Mlle V. en costume d’espada (Mademoiselle V. in the Costume of an Espada) 1862 Oil on canvas, 165.1 x 127.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Manet depicted model Victorine Meurent (1844–1927) in the guise of a…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Jeune Homme en costume de majo (Young Man in Costume of Majo) 1863 Oil on canvas, 188 x 124.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York For this image of one of the dashing young Spaniards known as…
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Los cómicos ambulantes (The Strolling Players) 1793 Oil on tinplate, 42.5 x 31.7 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This popular scene painted with great technical freedom shows an improvised stage surrounded by people in the midst of a…
Arcimboldo, Giuseppe (1526-1593) Rodolfo II in veste di Vertunno (Rudolf II as Vertumnus) c.1590 Oil on panel, 68 x 56 cm Skoklosters Slott, Sweden See also: • Rudolf II (1552-1612)