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| Keywords: Workshop of Rembrandt van Rijn - Head of an Old Man - Walters 37298.jpg This broadly brushed study was made in Rembrandt's workshop in the late 1630s by a student There are other studies of this man's head from different directions Rembrandt operated a school within his workshop and many young men studied with him to learn his expressive style They set up their easels in a circle around the model-perhaps a poor man from the neighborhood who had an interesting face Rembrandt was one of the first to see the faces of the elderly reflecting a lifetime of experience as wonderful subjects With loose brush strokes and selective highlighting the painter explores the sitter's lined weathered face between 1635 1640 Baroque oil on panel cm 20 6 17 7 accession number 37 298 29980 Arnold Seligmann Rey and Co New York Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Amsterdam Netherlands Walters Art Museum license 2D Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum Workshop of Rembrandt 1635 Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
