Portrait of a man dressed in furs
Thomas Worlidge British
Not on view
A portraitist and etcher known for working in the style of Rembrandt, Worlidge was also a skilled draftsman. This subject appears "in character," wearing 17th-century costume and adopting a genial expression and informal pose that a possible friendship with the artist. Small portraits made by delicately applying graphite to vellum were a type perfected in Holland that later became popular in England after William III (William of Orange), assumed the British throne in 1688.