Head of an Old Man

Head of an Old Man by Abraham Bloemaert

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

overall: 48.3 x 36.3 cm (19 x 14 5/16 in.)

Classification

Painting

Department

CNE-B

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

Accession Number

2010.93.41

About the Artist

Abraham Bloemaert · 15661651

Abraham Bloemaert (1566–1651) was born in Gorinchem in the Dutch Republic, the son of architect Cornelis Bloemaert, and grew up in Utrecht after the family relocated there in 1575. His early artistic formation took him to Paris for three years in the early 1580s, where he studied with several masters before returning to the Northern Netherlands to pursue his career. He settled permanently in Utrec...

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