Study Head of an Old Man with a White Beard
Rubens’s practice of using real people as models for figures in his religious and mythological scenes was followed closely in Antwerp by his younger colleagues Jacob Jordaens and Anthony van Dyck. This painting was once attributed to Rubens, but its comparatively soft forms and textured surface are typical of the young Van Dyck and contrast with Rubens’s emphatic modeling and incisive draftsmanship.
Artwork Details
- Title: Study Head of an Old Man with a White Beard
- Artist: Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, Antwerp 1599–1641 London)
- Date: ca. 1617–20
- Medium: Oil on wood
- Dimensions: 26 x 20 1/4 in. (66 x 51.4 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Egleston Fund, 1922
- Object Number: 22.221
- Curatorial Department: European Paintings
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