Cleveland Museum of Art

A Bearded Man Wearing a Hat

Rembrandt van RijnLinkedCulture matchlcp-adad34d778fc

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Amsterdam of the early 1600s was a religiously tolerant city, attracting many Jewish settlers of both Sephardic (Spanish and Portuguese) origin and Ashkenazic (Eastern European) descent. Rembrandt lived among both denominations and found inspiration in the manner and dress of the Ashkenazim, who maintained traditional comportment and attire and were less affluent than their Sephardim counterparts. As a result, many of the unidentified portraits from Rembrandt's late period once carried Jewish associations, but because of a lack of sufficient evidence, those assignations have since been reconsidered. Such is the case with Portrait of a Man , which was once considered a portrait of the Dutch Jewish philosopher Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677) as well as a representation of a Jewish student. Rembrandt's authorship of the painting has also undergone reassessment. The broad and thinly painted cloak and hat suggests the painting is likely a workshop product and while it does display Rembrandt's characteristic interest in a sitter's introspection, the figure's thoughtfulness remains comparatively superficial.

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Cleveland Museum of Art’s catalogue record

Medium: oil on canvas
Credit Line: Gift of the Hanna Fund
Type of artwork: Painting
Department: European Painting and Sculpture

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creation_date: c. 1655–60

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A man with a beard wearing a dark hat and coat sits in a dimly lit room.

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Provenance & credit

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Provenance: Paul Delaroff (St. Petersburg, Russia), 1906 | Thomas Agnew & Sons (London, England) | Scott & Fowles (New York, New York) | Otto H. Kahn (New York, New York), 1910, presented by his children to the Metropolitan Opera Association, New York, 1950; | Metropolitan Opera Association, sold through M. Knoedler & Co., (New York, New York), to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1950. | 1950-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Object ID: 127573
Object Type: Painting
Cleveland Museum of Art field “Type of artwork” · copied as is
Creator: Rembrandt van Rijn
Cleveland Museum of Art field creators (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · derived by LinkedCulture from the museum field · Artist-role creator's description with life dates removed.
Culture: Netherlands
Cleveland Museum of Art field “Culture” · copied as is
Medium: oil on canvas
Cleveland Museum of Art field “Medium” · copied as is · Cleveland's 'technique' field holds materials.
Department: European Painting and Sculpture
Cleveland Museum of Art field “Department” · copied as is
Tags: male
Cleveland Museum of Art field tags (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · combined from several museum fields
Cleveland Museum of Art field artists_tags (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · combined from several museum fields
Credit Line: Gift of the Hanna Fund
Cleveland Museum of Art field “Credit Line” · copied as is
Provenance: Paul Delaroff (St. Petersburg, Russia), 1906 | Thomas Agnew & Sons (London, England) | Scott & Fowles (New York, New York) | Otto H. Kahn (New York, New York), 1910, presented by his children to the Metropolitan Opera Association, New York, 1950; | Metropolitan Opera Association, sold through M. Knoedler & Co., (New York, New York), to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1950. | 1950-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Cleveland Museum of Art field “Provenance” · copied as is
Date: c. 1655–60
Cleveland Museum of Art field creation_date (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is
Begin Year: 1655
Cleveland Museum of Art field creation_date_earliest (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is
End Year: 1660
Cleveland Museum of Art field creation_date_latest (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is

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