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Bust of a Man Wearing a Gorget and Plumed Beret is an oil-on-panel painting by Rembrandt dating to ca. 1626–27. It measures 39.8 by 29.4 centimetres (15.7 in × 11.6 in) and is held in a private collection. It is believed to be the earliest extant single-figure painting by Rembrandt.

Man in a gorget and a plumed cap
Year	1626
Medium	oak panel
Dimensions	40 cm (16 in) × 29.4 cm (11.6 in)
Identifiers	RKDimages ID: 36154
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The work was painted when Rembrandt was in his early twenties working in Leiden. X-ray analysis shows that it was painted over an earlier work depicting the head of an old man.

The identity of the subject is not known, but it is believed to be a character study or "tronie" of a historical character, wearing costume – gorget and cap with feather plume – fashionable in the 15th century, possibly inspired by a woodcut print of a lansquenet.

The subject is depicted in a pose typical of Rembrandt's work, with the subject looking over the left shoulder. It uses an exaggerated fall of light, creating bright highlights and deep shadows, perhaps inspired by Caravaggio.

The early history of the painting is not known with much certainty. It may have been held by Leo Nardus. It was acquired by Heinrich Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza around 1929, and displayed at Schloss Rohoncz [de] at Rechnitz and later at Villa Favorita [it; de] in Lugano. It was sold by his daughter Margit von Batthyány [de; nl; ja] before 1954, and then auctioned at Christie's in London in 1974 and acquired by Herman Shickman and Lila Shickman. It was acquired by Pieter Dreesmann (son of Anton Dreesmann [nl] of the Dutch department store chain V&D) and Olga Dreesmann in 2002, and sold from their collection at Christie's in London in 2012, for £8,441,250.[1]

A copy of the painting was sold at Christie's in 1952.

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  1631
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  1631
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  1634
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  1635
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  Old Man with a Gold Chain 1631
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  1633-34

References

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[de] Büste eines Mannes mit Halsberge und gefiedertem Barett

Die Büste eines Mannes mit Halsberge und gefiedertem Barett ist ein Ölgemälde des niederländischen Malers Rembrandt van Rijn. Das Werk ist als Hochformat auf Eichenholz ausgeführt und wurde als frühestes erhaltenes Porträt von Rembrandt um 1626 gemalt. Es steht stilistisch in engem Zusammenhang mit Rembrandts übrigem Frühwerk. Nach Spekulationen über die Identität des porträtierten Mannes überwiegt heute die Auffassung, dass es sich bei dem Bild um eines von Rembrandts zahlreichen Tronies handelt.

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- [en] Bust of a Man Wearing a Gorget and Plumed Beret

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