Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Erasmus of Rotterdam c.1532 Oil on linden panel, 17.6 x 14 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Hans Holbein the Younger was one of the most celebrated portraitists of the sixteenth century. At an…
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Ritratto d’uomo (Portrait of a Man) 1550s Oil on canvas, 112.7 x 88.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York One of Tintoretto’s finest formal portraits, this painting depicts an unknown sitter now believed to be a…
Bronzino (1503-1572) Sacra Famiglia (The Holy Family) c.1527–1528 Oil on panel, 101.3 x 78.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Self-Portrait as an Old Man c.1664 Oil on canvas, 74 x 55 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of an Old Man 1665 Oil on canvas, 104 x 86 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Signed and dated in 1665, this portrait was created towards the end of Rembrandt‘s prolific artistic career, much of which was…
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) Reverend Johannes Elison 1634 Oil on canvas, 174 x 124.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston The Reverend Johannes Elison was the minister of the Dutch Reformed Church in Norwich, England; his wife, Maria Bockenolle, is represented in…
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…
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…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of Margaretha de Geer, Wife of Jacob Trip c.1661 Oil on canvas, 130.5 x 97.5 cm National Gallery, London Margaretha de Geer was the wife of Jacob Trip and their two portraits were made to hang together,…