An Old Man Seated at a Table, His Head Resting on His Right Hand (recto); The Healing of Tobit (verso)
c. 1640s–50s
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, brown wash, black ink framing lines (recto); pen and brown ink (verso)
- Dimensions
- 18 × 15.7 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-209847
Ferdinand Bol was one of the most prominent pupils and followers of Rembrandt van Rijn, for whom drawing played a central role in his workshop practice and teaching. This image of a man within a darkened interior before a window—perhaps a scholar or philosopher—is similar to compositions of saints as well as portraits that Rembrandt made in the 1630s and 1640s. Bol was quite interested in the theme, portraying similar figures in at least two paintings, ten drawings, and four etchings. Like Rembrandt, he employed an expressive but controlled use of ink wash, emphasizing the psychological inter…
Provenance
Wade Fund, 2025.142
Registry history
- c. 1640s–50s — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — drawings
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