In this video, Dr Jonathan Bikker, Research Curator at the Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam) discusses Rembrandt’s Portrait of a Man with Arms Akimbo (1658). In it, Dr Bikker dives into the importance of this painting, created at a difficult time in Rembrandt’s life, and provides a possible identification of the portrait’s sitter.

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Rembrandt van Rijn
Portrait of a Man with Arms Akimbo Portrait of a Man with Arms Akimbo
1658
Oil on canvas
Gift of Alfred and Isabel Bader, 2015
58-008

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This video was made with the generous support of Bader Philanthropies, Inc.In this video, Dr Jonathan Bikker, Research Curator at the Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam) discusses Rembrandt’s Portrait of a Man with Arms Akimbo (1658). In it, Dr Bikker dives into the importance of this painting, created at a difficult time in Rembrandt’s life, and provides a possible identification of the portrait’s sitter.  …