Portrait of a Man

Artist:  Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch, 1606–1669)
Title:  Portrait of a Man
Date:  1632
Medium:  Oil on wood
Dimensions: Oval, 29 3/4 x 20 1/2 in. (75.6 x 52.1 cm)
Classification:  Paintings
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Lincoln Ellsworth, in memory of Lincoln Ellsworth, 1964
Accession Number:  64.126

Collection:  Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Here’s another portrait painted on an oval shape.  The sitter’s hair and beard look like we could feel them with our hands.

Again, there’s a ruffled, thick collar – maybe that’s where the name “ruff” came from.

I wish I knew what his name was, and what he did for a living.  He seems gentle-looking, but also  strong-willed.  If he had traveled to 22 Baker Street, Sherlock Holmes would have found out for us!

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A Young Woman in an Interior

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Artist:  Dutch Painter, second quarter 17th century
Title:   A Young Woman in an Interior
Medium:  Oil on wood
Dimensions: 17 x 13 7/8 in. (43.2 x 35.2 cm)
Classification:  Paintings
Credit Line: Bequest of Annette B. McFadden, 1971
Accession Number:  1971.186

Collection:  Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Here’s a young lady wearing the same kind of “ruff.”  The interior looks very dark; maybe it’s night-time.  I wonder if the box at the left is her jewelry box, where she keeps her rings, and keepsakes.  She looks sad, and quiet.

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Portrait of a Man, possibly an Architect or Geographer

Artist: Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640)
Title: Portrait of a Man, Possibly an Architect or Geographer
Medium:  Oil on copper
Dimensions:  8 1/2 x 5 3/4 in. (21.6 x 14.6 cm)
Classification:  Paintings
Credit Line:  The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982
Accession Number:  1982.60.24

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Portrait of a Woman