Aristotle with a Bust of Homer
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
56 1/2 x 53 3/4 in. (143.5 x 136.5 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, special contributions and funds given or bequeathed by friends of the Museum, 1961
Accession Number
61.198
Tags
MenPortraits
About the Artist
Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) · 1606–1669
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606–1669) stands as one of the greatest visual artists in the history of Western art and the most important Dutch painter of the 17th century. Born in Leiden to a prosperous miller's family, Rembrandt transformed painting through his revolutionary use of light and shadow, his psychological depth in portraiture, and his elevation of etching to a fine art. His approx...