Portrait of a Man ("The Auctioneer")

Portrait of a Man ("The Auctioneer")

Portrait of a Man ("The Auctioneer")

Artist:Follower of Rembrandt (Dutch, third quarter 17th century)
Date:probably ca. 1658–62
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:42 3/4 x 34 in. (108.6 x 86.4 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913

This fine portrait of an engaging young scholar was painted by an artist who was closely familiar with Rembrandt's style of about 1655–60. The master's surface effects have been imitated with flair but his emulator failed to achieve the convincing sense of form, textures, light, and space that Rembrandt displays in works such as the Aristotle with a Bust of Homer of 1653 (61.198). Nonetheless, the picture's bold conception and impetuous brushwork testify to the high standard that was maintained by many of Rembrandt's pupils and followers.

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