Study Head of an Old Man with a White Beard
Anthony van Dyck
ca. 1617–20 · Oil on wood · European Paintings
Rubens’s practice of using real people as models for figures in his religious and mythological scenes was followed closely in Antwerp by his younger colleagues Jacob Jordaens and Anthony van Dyck. This painting was once attributed to Rubens, but its comparatively soft forms and textured surface are typical of the young Van Dyck and contrast with Rubens’s emphatic modeling and incisive draftsmanship.
- Artist
- Anthony van Dyck
- Date
- ca. 1617–20
- Medium
- Oil on wood
- Department
- European Paintings
- Credit line
- Egleston Fund, 1922
