Rembrandt van Rijn - Old Man with Turban 1625-1628
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Old Man with Turban 1625-1628
26x20cm oil/panel
Kremer Collection, Aetas Aurea Foundation, The Hague, Netherlands
The image is only being used for informational and educational purposes
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From Kremer Collection, Hague:
he popularity early in the seventeenth century of exotic figures and character studies in fanciful dress was largely the result of the visits by eastern emissaries to the Republic and contact with foreign cultures by Dutch merchants abroad. Rembrandt’s oeuvre, too, bears witness to a certain fascination with these types. This old man is one of the earliest examples: he is depicted in three-quarter view, his head turned towards the spectator and slightly bending forward. He wears a turban, the end of which hangs over his left shoulder.