Bust of an Old Man with a Fur Collar
17th century
Medium
Etching; third state
Dimensions
Sheet: 6 7/16 × 5 5/16 in. (16.4 × 13.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Harry G. Friedman
Accession Number
61.663.212
Tags
Art Historical Context
Jan Lievens, a prominent Dutch artist of the Baroque era and close contemporary of Rembrandt, crafted this striking *Bust of an Old with a Fur Collar* the 17th century Born in Leiden in 1607, Lievens was a master of portraiture, often capturing the dignity and character of his subjects with dramatic intensity. This etching reflects the Dutch Golden Age's fascination with intimate, psychological portraits, where everyday figures like this fur-collared elder become timeless studies of age and wisdom. Printed as a third-state etching—meaning a refined version of the copper plate after initial re...
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...