Old Man with a Divided Fur Cap is a 1640 ink by Rembrandt, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows an older man with a thick beard and a big, fur-lined hat pulled low over his forehead. His clothes look heavy, like wool or fur, and he’s holding something small in his left hand. The lines are loose and scratchy, giving the whole image a rough, textured feel. The artist used a mix of etching and drypoint—two techniques that let ink fill in the scratched lines. This made the fur and wrinkles look almost three-dimensional. Next, check out etching, drypoint, aquatint to see how these methods work.
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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