Man in a Beret
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
29 7/8 x 24 3/4 in. (75.9 x 62.9 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Charles S. Payson, 1975
Accession Number
1975.373
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold *Man in a Beret*, a compelling portrait by the Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn, housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's European Paintings department. This oil on canvas measures 29⅞ × 24¾ inches and captures a thoughtful male subject in an intimate scale, evoking the personal intensity of Rembrandt's portraiture during the Dutch Golden Age. Donated as a gift from Charles S. Payson 1975, it the artist's ability to elevate everyday figures into profound studies of character. Rembrandt, a pioneer of the Baroque style, revolutionized portrait painting with his masterful use of chiarosc...