Region C-03 · Gold Chain Links & Fur Collar Plume

X: 52% · Y: 67% · Macro 3.8×

LOUPE

3.8× BRUSHWORK DETAIL

Surface Texture Note

Sculpted pastose lead-tin yellow highlights over an ochre ground, alongside sgraffito scratches incised with the wooden butt end of the brush handle into wet beard paint.

Pan

1.0× FitZoom Level: 3.8×4.0× Grain

Verified Historical Metadata

Dutch Golden Age Baroque

Old Man with a Gold Chain

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1631)

Archival Specifications

Dimensions: 83.1 × 75.7 cm
Medium: Oil on Baltic Oak Panel
Location: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA

Extracted Studio Palette

#E5B85B

#C88D63

#6E7375

#544332

#1B1714

Provenance

1631—Painted during Rembrandt’s transition from Leiden to Amsterdam; monogrammed "RHL 1631" at lower right

1762—Recorded in the cabinet of Willem Lormier in The Hague, and subsequently in English private collections

1920—Acquired via Duveen Brothers by Chicago industrialist and collector W. W. Kimball

1922—Bequest of Mrs. W. W. (Evaline M.) Kimball to the Art Institute of Chicago (1922.4467)

Restoration Note

Dendrochronology confirms the three vertical Baltic oak planks originate from trees felled c. 1626. Originally painted with a rounded upper arch, the corners were later squared off in the 18th century.

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