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This man looks at ease: his jacket open, his collar loosened and his hat tilted back. His pose is unusual, as people normally looked their best when sitting for a portrait. This man may have been an acquaintance of Rembrandt, and the portrait was probably not a formal commission.
The portrait is very virtuoso, and Rembrandt knew exactly what he was doing. In some places he used his palette knife, and elsewhere he scratched in the wet paint with the handle of his brush. This is how he suggested the springy grey hairs under the edge of the hat.
Rembrandt van Rijn was a Dutch 17th-century painter, and one of the most interesting artists of all time. His paintings are full of drama, contrasts between light and dark and experimental brushwork, and are famous all over the world. His lively and original images still touch people today. Rembrandt’s work is unbelievably varied. He mainly made history paintings and portraits, though he also painted landscapes and still lifes. Rembrandt made almost 300 paintings and many prints and drawings in his career.
Purchased with the support of the Friends of the Mauritshuis Foundation, the Mondriaan Fund and the Nationaal Aankoopfonds of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, the Fund for National Cultural Heritage, the VriendenLoterij, Fonds 1818, the Rembrandt Association, the Prince Bernhard Culture Fund, ING Group, Professor A.C.M. Dreesmann, the Dr. Hendrik Muller National Fund and private individuals, 1999
Sampson Gideon, Erith, Kent, 1761; thence by descent to Sir Francis Edward Fremantle, until c.1885; Thos. Agnew & Sons, London, 1919; bought by Lord Cowdray; The Trustees of the Cowdray Estate, 1999; Purchased with the support of the Friends of the Mauritshuis Foundation, the Mondriaan Fund and the Nationaal Aankoopfonds of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, the Fund for National Cultural Heritage, the VriendenLoterij, Fonds 1818, the Rembrandt Association, the Prince Bernhard Culture Fund, ING Group, Professor A.C.M. Dreesmann, the Dr. Hendrik Muller National Fund and private individuals, 1999
