The Crusader  1661

by Rembrandt

[i]Sketch for The Knight with the Falcon, known as "The Crusader"[/i] [br] Surrounded by darkness, a face lights up the canvas. The sitter may simply have been a random person whom Rembrandt met in the streets of Amsterdam, inviting him back to his studio to model. [b]Shades of light[/b] The face is a study in light. Rembrandt used a five-step process to paint all the...
Size: 
55.5 x 68.5 cm
Medium: 
Oil on canvas
Credit: 
Courtesy of the National Gallery of Denmark