Cornelis Claesz Anslo, Mennonite Preacher is a 1641 by Rembrandt, a Baroque work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This drawing shows a man with a wide hat and thick fur collar, sitting in a chair. He’s holding a piece of paper in one hand and an open book in the other. His face has deep shadows and wrinkles, and the background is plain with just a hint of a curtain. The artist used shading to make the man’s face look three-dimensional, almost like you could reach out and touch it. This kind of lighting is called *chiaroscuro*—it’s all about strong contrasts between light and dark. If you like this style, look up chiaroscuro to see more examples.
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), known mononymously as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and draughtsman.
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