The fourth video in our six-part series focuses on the work Head of an Old Man in a Cap which was painted by Rembrandt at only 24 years old. This painting reveals the artist's masterful use of light and was recreated as a print by Jan van Vliet four years later.
Rembrandt van Rijn, Head of an Old Man in a Cap, c. 1630, oil on panel. Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s University, Kingston. Gift of Alfred and Isabel Bader, 2003 (46-031).
Jan van Vliet (after Rembrandt van Rijn), Head of an Old Man in a Cap, 1634, etching on paper, state 1 of 2. Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s University, Kingston. Gift of Daphne and Ned Franks, 2002 (45-059).
Leiden circa 1630: Rembrandt Emerges was curated by Dr. Jacquelyn N. Coutré, organized and circulated by the Agnes Etherington Art Centre at Queen’s University, with the support of the Isabel and Alfred Bader Fund of Bader Philanthropies, Inc. and the Government of Canada.