Caption

Man with square beard and curly hair: bust, print, Old man with a beard and curly hair., printmaker: Rembrandt van Rijn, Netherlands, c. 1631, paper, etching, height 57 mm x width 49 mm, old man (three-quarter view), A close view of a drawn or etched portrait of an older man shown in profile, featuring a dense, curly beard and unruly wavy hair, with fine, dark linework defining facial features and hair texture, a prominent nose and a visible eye looking forward, a layered collar or scarf around his neck and simple clothing sketched with crosshatching and parallel lines, all set against a lightly textured, aged paper background with a faint rectangular border around the image.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A95_240

License type

Rights managed

Available size

45.8Mb (12.7Mb) / 12.2in x 14.5in / 3673 x 4362 (300dpi)

Keywords

Man square beard curly hair bust print Old man beard printmaker Rembrandt van Rijn Netherlands c 1631 paper etching height 57 mm x width 49 mm old man three-quarter view close view drawn etched portrait older man shown profile featuring dense curly beard unruly wavy hair fine dark linework defining facial features hair texture prominent nose visible eye looking forward layered collar scarf neck simple clothing sketched crosshatching parallel lines set lightly textured aged paper background faint rectangular border image