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Shown from about the knees up, an older, bearded, pale-skinned man sits at a desk with his head in one hand in a shadowy room in this vertical painting. His body is angled to our right, and he sits in a heavy wooden armchair next to a desk. His left elbow, farther from us, rests on the chair’s arm, and he holds that hand to his forehead. He holds a quill with his other hand, which brushes his knee. He has ash-brown hair covered at the back by a cap and a long shaggy beard. He looks off to our right with dark, shaded eyes. His voluminous brown robe is brushed loosely with golden brown…
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The Apostle Paul

painter Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606 - 1669)

and Possibly painter Anonymous Artist

c. 1657

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 131.5 x 104.4 cm (51 3/4 x 41 1/8 in.) ; framed: 177.8 x 150.5 x 13.3 cm (70 x 59 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.)
Culture
Dutch
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CNE-B
Credit line
Widener Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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