About this artwork
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.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Ferdinand Bol
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Title
- Bearded Old Man in a Skull Cap
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Place
- Holland (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- Artist's working dates 1636–1680
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Medium
- Etching on paper
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Dimensions
- 7.3 × 5.4 cm (2 7/8 × 2 3/16 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Morris Woolf
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Reference Number
- 1941.402
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/41596/manifest.json