Old Man with a Divided Fur Cap
- Medium
- Etching
- Dimensions
- 5 7/8 x 5 3/8 in. (14.9 x 13.7 cm) (plate)
- Genre
Tags
netherlands
About
Among Rembrandt's fantasy portraits of old men, this is one of the most fully developed. This patriarch could have stepped right from the pages of one of his beloved Bible stories. The rhetorical bearing of this exotic figure invites the question: Was this image related to contemporary presentations on the stage?
