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Etched oval portrait of an elderly bearded man with a white ruff, hand on a book, with Latin verses below.

Jan Cornelisz. Sylvius

An etched oval portrait of an elderly bearded man in a dark cap and fur-trimmed robe with a large white ruff, one hand resting on a closed book and the other holding a small orb. Latin verses in two columns fill the margins below and around the oval, with the artist's signature near the base.

Artist
Rembrandt
Date
1646
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
2764 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rembrandt died 1669 and the work dates by 1646; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: CC0

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rembrandt, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

Español: Jan Cornelisz. Sylvius, grabado de Rembrandt, 1646

Retrato grabado en óvalo de un hombre mayor con barba, gorro oscuro y bata forrada de piel, con una gran gorguera blanca; una mano descansa sobre un libro cerrado y la otra sostiene una pequeña esfera. Versos latinos en dos columnas llenan los márgenes inferiores y rodean el óvalo, con la firma del artista cerca de la base.

Português: Jan Cornelisz. Sylvius, gravura de Rembrandt, 1646

Retrato gravado em oval de um homem idoso e barbudo, de gorro escuro e manto forrado de pele, com grande gola branca; uma mão apoia-se num livro fechado e a outra segura um pequeno orbe. Versos latinos em duas colunas preenchem as margens inferiores e contornam o oval, com a assinatura do artista perto da base.