Portrait of an Elderly Man in a Black Robe
Artist: Nicolaes Maes (Dutch, 1634 - 1693)
Original Dimensions: 35 1/4" x 28 1/8"
Location: National Gallery of Art, London
About Artwork: (1666) "A warm light cast from the left illuminates a dark red curtain raised behind the sitter. This light seems to soften the man’s stern expression and the stark white of his stiff collar and cuffs. The old man in Nicolaes Maes’s portrait hasn’t been identified, even though he appears to be a man of some importance. He wears a tabbaard – a long black gown that’s lined with fur. The gown, together with the book he holds in one hand, suggests he may be a scholar. Maes has shown the old man sitting stiffly in his chair, his wrinkles, balding head, double chin, quirky eyebrows and two-toned moustache all exactly as they are. But there is, it seems, a feeling of sympathy and respect for his years and experience." - (National Gallery of Art, London)
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