Bearded Old Man in a Skull Cap

Description

A successful painter, Bol had commissions for official group portraits, as well as historical and allegorical paintings for public buildings in Amsterdam. He made about sixteen etchings, which were greatly influenced by Rembrandt's prints of the 1630s and 1640s.

Bearded Old Man in a Skull Cap

Ferdinand Bol

n.d.

Accession Number

41596

Medium

Etching on paper

Dimensions

7.3 × 5.4 cm (2 7/8 × 2 3/16 in.)

Classification

etching

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Morris Woolf