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Painted bust portrait of an old bearded man in a dark skullcap, head turned left, looking down against a dim gray background.

Head of an Old Man in a Cap

A painting of an elderly man with a deeply lined, sunlit forehead and a white beard, wearing a dark skullcap and a dark robe. He turns his head to the left and looks downward against a plain gray-brown background, with strong chiaroscuro lighting.

Artist
Rembrandt
Date
1629
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
2024 × 2465 px
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Public domain · Rembrandt died 1669 and the work dates by 1629; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: Public domain

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rembrandt, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Vanitas and Memento Mori17th centurybaroque painting1620s1629portraitoil paintingchiaroscuroold manskullcaphead turned leftelderly facerembrandtbearded mandark background

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