Portrait of a bearded man holding a book
ca. 1750–1815
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Plate: 9 5/8 × 7 1/16 in. (24.4 × 17.9 cm) Sheet (Trimmed): 11 11/16 × 7 3/8 in. (29.7 × 18.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947
Accession Number
47.100.1119
Tags
About the Artist
Peter Paul Rubens|Bartholomaeus Ignaz Weiss · 1577–1640
Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) stands as the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque tradition and the greatest exponent of Baroque painting's dynamism, vitality, and sensuous exuberance. Born in Siegen, Westphalia, and raised in Antwerp, Rubens received a humanist education studying Latin and classical literature before pursuing artistic training under three masters: Tobias Verhaecht, Adam ...