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Man in Oriental Dress
Also titled Man in oosterse kleding
Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden, 1606–1669)
1635
- Medium
- panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 72 cm x width 54.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Gift of Mr and Mrs Kessler-Hülsmann, Kapelle op den Bosch
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, 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
About this work
Rembrandt manipulated light in a highly personal way. Here, the man’s turban and the right side of his face are brilliantly illuminated, while the left side is in shadow. Character heads like this – they are not portraits – were extremely popular in the 17th century; early on, they were widely copied and imitated. They were known as ‘Turkish tronies’.
