The head, shoulders, and chest of a pale-skinned man with gray hair and deep wrinkles creasing his face fill this vertical portrait painting. His shoulders angle slightly to our right, and he looks up and off in that direction. Light comes from our upper left, so the far side of his craggy face is in deep shadow. His brown eyes are deep-set sockets under a furrowed brow. He has a straight, prominent nose, and his thin lips are surrounded by wrinkles at the corners with more lines on his knob-like chin and between his nose and upper lip. Tendons and wrinkles stand out on his thick neck.…
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Head of an Old Man

Abraham Bloemaert (Dutch, 1566 - 1651)

1625/1628

Medium
oil on panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 48.3 x 36.3 cm (19 x 14 5/16 in.)
Culture
Dutch
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CNE-B
Credit line
Joseph F. McCrindle 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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