Head of Saint Matthew

Rembrandt Workshop

Shown from the shoulders up, the head of a pale-skinned, elderly man with a long beard and short brown hair takes up most of this vertical portrait painting. The man’s face is turned slightly to our right, and his amber eyes gaze in that direction. Thick strokes of taupe, smoke gray, harvest gold, and flecks of black paint form his thick, chest-length beard. Patches of peach, butterscotch yellow, and rust red create his face. Wide squiggles of chestnut and tawny brown suggest short curls under a coffee-brown cap. The loose painting technique blurs his features, and his shoulders are suggested by sloping areas of coffee and chestnut brown below his head. He is lit from our left so the far side of his face is in shadow, and he is set against an earth-brown background.

Artwork details

Artist: Rembrandt Workshop
Date: probably early 1660s
Medium: oil on panel
Dimensions: overall: 25 × 19.5 cm (9 13/16 × 7 11/16 in.) framed: 43.82 × 38.42 × 6.35 cm (17 1/4 × 15 1/8 × 2 1/2 in.)
Collection: CNE-B

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Rs. 1063

Artwork cost: Rs. 1000

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Artwork size: 7" × 9"

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