Rijksmuseum
Borstbeeld van een oude man met karikaturale kop
- Date
- c. 1680 - c. 1720
- Medium
- marble (rock)
- Institution
- Rijksmuseum
- Object ID
- BK-NM-3056
From the Rijksmuseum record
Marble portraiture, usually reserved for rulers and the nobility, is here playfully employed for a base subject: a coarse old man’s head with grotesque features. This kind of overturning of convention and mocking of artistic decorum was highly appreciated by art collectors.
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