Old Man with Beard, Fur Cap, and Velvet Cloak is a 1632 ink by Rembrandt, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a black-and-white drawing of an older man with a long white beard and curly hair. He’s wearing a fur cap and a loose velvet cloak over his shoulders. His hands rest on his lap, and his expression looks thoughtful. The artist used sharp lines to show the wrinkles in his face and the folds in his clothes. This kind of drawing is called an etching, where the artist scratches into a metal plate to create the image. Next, check out etching to see how artists made prints like this.
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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