Who created "Bearded Man with a Beret"?

Bearded Man with a Beret was created by Jan Lievens in c. 1630.

When was "Bearded Man with a Beret" created?

This artwork was created c. 1630.

What medium is "Bearded Man with a Beret"?

Bearded Man with a Beret is oil on panel.

Is "Bearded Man with a Beret" in the public domain?

Yes, Bearded Man with a Beret is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Bearded Man with a Beret

Jan Lievens

c. 1630

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

overall: 53.5 x 46.3 cm (21 1/16 x 18 1/4 in.)

Classification

Painting

Department

CNE-B

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Gift of George M. and Linda H. Kaufman

Accession Number

2006.172.1

Art Historical Context

**Bearded Man with a Ber** *Jan Lievens, c. 1630* Oil on panel, 53.5 x 46.3 cm National Gallery of Art, of George M. and H. Kaufman Step into the intimate world of Dutch Golden Age portraiture with Jan Lievens' *Bearded Man with aet*, painted around 1630. This oil-on-panel work captures a rugged, expressive face in a compact format perfect for close study, typical of the era's *tronies*—character heads that explored human emotion and physiognomy rather than specific identities. Lievens, a Leiden-born prodigy (1607–1674), honed his skills alongside his close friend and contemporary Rem...

About the Artist

Jan Lievens · 1607–1674

Jan Lievens (1607–1674) was born in Leiden and showed exceptional artistic promise from an early age, beginning his training with the local painter Joris van Schooten before traveling to Amsterdam around 1617 to study for two years under Pieter Lastman—the same teacher who would later instruct Rembrandt van Rijn. Lievens and Rembrandt, near-contemporaries born in the same city, subsequently shared...

Bearded Man with a Beret

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