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Bald Old Man with a Short Beard
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
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.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineBald Old Man with a Short Beard. c. 1635. Rembrandt van Rijn. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
