Self-Portrait Frowning: Bust is a 1630 by Rembrandt, a Baroque work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This is a black-and-white drawing of a man with curly hair and a beard. He’s looking slightly to the side, frowning, and wearing a high collar that covers his shoulders. The lines are rough and busy, especially around his hair and fur collar. The artist used shading to make the face pop off the page. The darkest spots are on his forehead and cheeks, while the collar looks almost three-dimensional. Check out chiaroscuro to see how this dramatic light-and-dark trick works.
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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