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REMBRANDT (REMBRANDT VAN RIJN). The Standard Bearer (Floris Soop, 1604-1657)

The Standard Bearer (Floris Soop, 1604-1657). Artist: Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch, Leiden 1606-1669 Amsterdam). Dimensions: 55 1/4 x 45 1/4in. (140.3 x 114.9cm). Date: 1654.
The flag, the plume in the hat, and the tooled leather baldric (sword-belt) indicate that the figure is an ensign in one of Amsterdam's civic guard companies. He is almost certainly Floris Soop, a wealthy bachelor whose estate included 140 paintings. Rembrandt conveys a strong sense of character and reveals extraordinary skill in the vigorously modeled face, the thick hair, and costume details. The impressions of volume in the figure and space in the background have been diminished by abrasion and darkening with age.

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Author: REMBRANDT (REMBRANDT VAN RIJN) (1606-1669)

Title: The Standard Bearer (Floris Soop, 1604-1657)

Caption: The Standard Bearer (Floris Soop, 1604-1657). Artist: Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch, Leiden 1606-1669 Amsterdam). Dimensions: 55 1/4 x 45 1/4in. (140.3 x 114.9cm). Date: 1654. The flag, the plume in the hat, and the tooled leather baldric (sword-belt) indicate that the figure is an ensign in one of Amsterdam's civic guard companies. He is almost certainly Floris Soop, a wealthy bachelor whose estate included 140 paintings. Rembrandt conveys a strong sense of character and reveals extraordinary skill in the vigorously modeled face, the thick hair, and costume details. The impressions of volume in the figure and space in the background have been diminished by abrasion and darkening with age.

Technique/material: OIL ON CANVAS

Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Credit: Album

Image size: 3449 × 4168 px | 41.1 MB

Print size: 29.2 × 35.3 cm | 1357.9 × 1640.9 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: CANVAS • EUROPE • EUROPEAN PAINTINGS • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • NETHERLANDS • OIL ON CANVAS • OIL PAINT • OIL PAINTING • OIL PAINTINGC PIO DI SAVOIA • OLI PAINTING • PAINTINGS • REMBRANDT (REMBRANDT VAN RIJN)