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Bald Old Man with a Short Beard
Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1635
The numerous old men that Rembrandt etched in his early years in Leiden will have regularly posed for him while seated in a chair. This is rarely visible in his prints, but is so in this one. The shabbily attired old man with a patchy beard and bony hands stands out slightly against the large armchair in which he sits. This chair lends him an air of near biblical grandeur.
- Artwork typeprint
- Object numberRP-P-OB-668
- Dimensionsheight 66 mm x width 56 mm
- Physical characteristicsets, gedrukt met lichte plaattoon