Cleveland Museum of Art

An Elderly Man in Prayer

Rembrandt van RijnLinkedCulture matchlcp-adad34d778fc

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Toward the end of his life, Rembrandt explored religious themes from an intimate perspective, producing a number of works for a possible Apostle series. The personal religiosity of An Elderly Man in Prayer , formerly attributed to Rembrandt, bears resemblance to such late works. Seated with eyes nearly closed and hands clasped in prayer over a large book, the figure appears still and introspective. While the dramatic lighting and dark color palette are reminiscent of Rembrandt's late works, this painting, formerly attributed to the artist, has since been assigned to a follower or a later eighteenth-century imitator of Rembrandt's style for reasons associated with the broad, flat brushwork of the garment, the poor handling of shadow on the hands, and the uniform treatment of the hair.

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Cleveland Museum of Art’s catalogue record

Medium: oil on canvas
Credit Line: Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
Type of artwork: Painting
Department: European Painting and Sculpture

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creation_date: 1660s or later

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An elderly man with a long beard and hair is praying with clasped hands over an open book.

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Provenance & credit

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Provenance: including 1889-1897: Counts von Harrach, Schloss Rohrau and Vienna, Austira (inventories of 1889 and 1897, no. 218) | Walter Bareiss (1920-2007), Zurich, Switzerland | by 1956: Charlotte Barreiss, Zurich, Switzerland | June 24, 1964: (Sale: Sotheby's, London, June 24, 1964, lot 5) | -1967: (Pinakos, Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1967-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Object ID: 143195
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: Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
Cleveland Museum of Art field “Credit Line” · copied as is
Provenance: including 1889-1897: Counts von Harrach, Schloss Rohrau and Vienna, Austira (inventories of 1889 and 1897, no. 218) | Walter Bareiss (1920-2007), Zurich, Switzerland | by 1956: Charlotte Barreiss, Zurich, Switzerland | June 24, 1964: (Sale: Sotheby's, London, June 24, 1964, lot 5) | -1967: (Pinakos, Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1967-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Cleveland Museum of Art field “Provenance” · copied as is
Date: 1660s or later
Cleveland Museum of Art field creation_date (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is
Begin Year: 1660
Cleveland Museum of Art field creation_date_earliest (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is
End Year: 1700
Cleveland Museum of Art field creation_date_latest (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is

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