Rijksmuseum

Borstbeeld van een oude man met karikaturale kop

Date

c. 1680 - c. 1720

Medium

marble (rock)

Institution

Rijksmuseum

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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