Half-length portrait of a bearded man in historical dress
Bonington met Delacroix in 1825 who encouraged him to create historical genre subjects. Old master paintings were an important source of inspiration and Bonginton here uses brown wash to copy Rembrandt's "Portrait of an Old Man with a Stick and Beret" (Gemaldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden, now attributed to a follower). Since he reverses the original, Bonington must have worked from a print, using brown wash in masterly fashion to capture a range of textures. In 1827 he introduced elements into his own watercolor, "Old Man and Child" (Wallace Collection, London).
Artwork Details
- Title: Half-length portrait of a bearded man in historical dress
- Artist: Attributed to Richard Parkes Bonington (British, Arnold, Nottinghamshire 1802–1828 London)
- Artist: After a work then attributed to Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch, Leiden 1606–1669 Amsterdam)
- Date: 1818–28
- Medium: Brush and brown wash
- Dimensions: sheet: 11 x 9 3/16 in. (28 x 23.3 cm)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Purchase, PECO Foundation Gift, 2008
- Object Number: 2008.215
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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