Portrait of Johannes Wtenbogaert

Catalogue number: Bredius 173.

This painting is a record of the meeting between two of the most remarkable figures in Dutch history: the elderly and combative Remonstrant preacher Johannes Wtenbogaert (1557-1644), whose fame must have been at its height at that time, and the up-and-coming Rembrandt van Rijn, who stood on the threshold of celebrity.

Wtenbogaert was also portrayed by Michiel Janszoon van Miereveld and Jacob Adriaenszoon Backer.