Caption
Bust of a man with a beret, print, Bust of an old man with a beard and beret., printmaker: manner of Jan Gillisz. van Vliet, 1630 - 1700, Netherlands, Manner of, paper, etching, height 35 mm x width 29 mm, Made in the style of Van Vliet or M. Scheyts according to Hollstein Rembrandt, p. 193, cat. no. g and h., old man (three-quarter view), A close monochrome drawing of an older man shown from the shoulders up, rendered with dense black ink lines on textured beige paper; he wears a rounded hat with fine vertical hatch marks and has a full, long beard composed of swirling, overlapping strokes, with detailed lines indicating wrinkles and furrows on his forehead and around his eyes; his hair peeks out beneath the hat in short curved strokes, and heavy crosshatching defines a cloak or garment over one shoulder, while the background shows the paper's natural grain and slight discoloration.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26A83_350
License type
Rights managed
Available size
34.4Mb (10.3Mb) / 10.2in x 13.1in / 3064 x 3924 (300dpi)