# Rembrandt’s Son Titus in a Monk’s Habit

- By: Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden, 1606–1669)
- Date: 1660
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 79.5 cm x width 67.7 cm
- Credit line: Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt, 1933; formerly Stroganoff Collection, St Petersburg
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-3138--dcccbbef997d02bb28627cb88e8feeed)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/OzDjp/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Rembrandt portrayed his son Titus with downcast eyes and wearing a Franciscan habit. The rules of this monastic order prescribed a life of poverty and humility. Indicative of this are the coarse robe and the introspective gaze on the boy’s gaunt face, on which Rembrandt has focussed all his attention. The surroundings, with rocks and bushes, are only summarily suggested.