Old Man with a Gold Chain
Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669)
1631
On view — Gallery 213 at the Art Institute of Chicago.
This compelling figure—fancifully adorned with a steel gorget (armor protecting the throat and upper chest), golden chain, and plumed beret—represents a new commodity on the Northern European art market: a tronie , or character study. While artists had created such studies since the 1500s,…
Description courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago.
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Dimensions
- 83.1 × 75.7 cm (32 3/4 × 29 3/4 in.); Framed: 105.1 × 99.5 cm (41 3/8 × 39 3/16 in.)
- Origin
- Holland