Rembrandt van Rijn - Polish Nobleman 1637
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Polish Nobleman 1637
66x97cm oil/panel
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, US
The image is only being used for informational and educational purposes
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From National Gallery of Art, Washington:
A Polish Nobleman is probably not a portrait of a specific individual; instead it represents a more generic exotic type that Rembrandt favored during the 1630s. The beaver hat, dark fur cloak, and massive gold chain and medallion have suggested to many that the sitter was Slavic, but the painting's title has no factual basis. Such exotic paintings allowed Rembrandt to expand the limits of portraiture because he was not constrained by traditional conventions.