Around 1640 Rembrandt painted a number of portraits of distinguished, withdrawn figures, all bathed in subdued light.

Rembrandt's portrait commissions from the regent class evaporated into thin air after 1640. However, this was not the case with merchants, manufacturers, tradesmen and professionals. The rate at which Rembrandt painted and etched portraits of people in this category never deviated after 1636.

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	Herman Doomer 1640 Oil on wood, 75 x 55 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
	Portrait of Baartgen Martens Doomer 1640 Oil on wood, 76 x 56 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
	Portrait of Nicolaes van Bambeeck 1641 Oil on canvas, 109 x 83 cm Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
	Agatha Bas 1641 Oil on canvas, 104 x 82 cm Royal Collection, London
	The Mennonite Minister Cornelis Claesz. Anslo in Conversation with his Wife, Aaltje 1641 Oil on canvas, 176 x 210 cm Staatliche Museen, Berlin
	The Mennonite Minister Cornelis Claesz. Anslo in Conversation with his Wife, Aaltje (detail) 1641 Oil on canvas Staatliche Museen, Berlin
	Portrait of Saskia with a Flower 1641 Oil on wood, 99 x 83 Gemäldegalerie, Dresden
	Young Girl Leaning on the Windowsill 1645 Oil on canvas, 82 x 66 cm Dulwich Picture Gallery, London
	Portrait of Ephraim Bueno 1647 Oil on panel, 19 x 15 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
	Hendrickje in Bed 1648 Oil on canvas, 81 x 67 cm National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
	Portrait of a Man Holding Gloves 1648 Oil on wood, 81 x 67 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
	Young Jew as Christ c. 1648 Oil on wood, 25 x 21,5 cm Staatliche Museen, Berlin