Rembrandt van Rijn - Portrait of a Man in a Tall Hat 1662
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Portrait of a Man in a Tall Hat 1662
121x94cm oil/canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
The image is only being used for informational and educational purposes
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From National Gallery of Art, Washington:
The identity of this distinguished sitter has long been lost, but his dress and demeanor indicate that he was a well-to-do man, probably an Amsterdam merchant. Similarities between this work and Rembrandt's Syndics of the Cloth Drapers' Guild of 1662 suggest that the two paintings are not far removed in date. The sitter's hairstyle and costume, particularly his wide, flat collar with its tassels, are similar, as is the self-assured gravity that he projects as he focuses his eyes on the viewer from beneath his wide-brimmed black hat.