Rembrandt van Rijn - Portrait-Of-Johannes-Elison 1634
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Portrait-Of-Johannes-Elison 1634
174x124cm oil/canvas
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, United States
The image is only being used for informational and educational purposes
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From Museum of Fine Arts Boston:
The Reverend Johannes Elison was the minister of the Dutch Reformed Church in Norwich, England; his wife, Maria Bockenolle, is represented in the companion painting. The portraits were commissioned by their son, a wealthy Amsterdam merchant. Such life-size, full-length portraits, a format typically associated with royal or noble patrons, were substantially more expensive than the more common bust or half-length formats; Rembrandt painted only three full-length pairs in his entire career. That the couple’s son could afford to commission these imposing paintings from Amsterdam’s leading portraitist says much about his social aspirations.