REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn
(b. 1606, Leiden, d. 1669, Amsterdam)

Old Man with a Gold Chain

1631
Oil on panel, 83 x 76 cm
Art Institute, Chicago

Catalogue number: Bredius 81.

In this portrait the craggy features of the old man, a model who appears frequently in Rembrandt's early work, contrast poignantly with his worldly trappings: a gold chain, steel gorget, and plumed beret.