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Red Cloud
Portrait of Charles II of Savoy known as the Good
Lamentation over the dead Christ
Madonna and Child
The children of Charles I of England
Madonna and Child with Six Saints
The archangel Gabriel and Tobias
Bas-relief with a garland of flowers and fruit
Madonna and Child
The three archangels and Tobias
the return of the prodigal son
Portrait of a Gentlewoman
Madonna and Child
Trinity
Stigmata of St. Francis
The vanity of human life
Portrait of an Old Man
Annunciation
Venus
Bust of Minerva
Bust - manly portrait
Psykter di Euthymides
Plate decorated with ribbons and nets
Canteen bowl
Ingot Blade Kit
Landscape relief known as of Polyphemus and Galatea
Colombine ointment
Signpost
Fibulae with disc bracket
Portrait of Carlo Emanuele I of Savoy
Madona with Child
Story of Aeneas and Dido
The family of Vittorio Amedeo di Savoia
Holy family with San Giovannino
The Sacra di San Michele
The thirst suffered by the first crusaders under Jerusalem
Table tureen
Rotisserie
Coffee cup
Kanjar (pug)
Japanese armor of the Do-Maru type
Parade plaque of Henry II of France
Corsaletto
Horse headboard
Portrait of a young girl
Self portrait
Male head
Naked young man next to an old oriental dress
Young man study
Pisces album
Fish album
Fish album
Bird album
Flower album

Portrait of an Old Man

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, detto Rembrandt

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Royal Museums Turin

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Piazzetta Reale, 1, Turin

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Slowly the eyes get used to the darkness and the details of the painting emerge: the embers of a now extinguished fire, a pitcher and a poker, while herring hung to dry from above. Illuminated by the light are only the face and hands of the elderly gentleman. Original painting by Rembrandt and datable to 1629, the painter's virtuosity is exceptional, with a minimal almost monochrome palette of colors making the scene believable. The meaning of the work is discussed: some think it is a philosopher or a sleeping Tobias, or even the allegory of sloth or the portrait of the painter's father close to death. More recently it was discovered that the painting belonged to Jacques De Gheyn III, a wealthy art lover whom Rembrandt portrayed in 1632, who in 1641 left the painting to his nephew Johannes. In 1628 Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and diplomat, writes praising Rembrandt and De Gheyn himself, who is nevertheless indicated as the one who wastes his talents in idleness: one can think that the painting was commissioned to Rembrandt by Huygens as moral exhortation and intellectual joke to De Gheyn's address.
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Title: Portrait of an Old Man

Author: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, detto Rembrandt

Date: 1629

Technique: Oil on the table

Displayed in: Royal Museums Turin

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