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 The face is largely in the shadows and the features are hard to make out. Only the ear lobe, a striking element of virtually all Rembrandt's painted self portraits, catches the light. This painting is not a self portrait in the strict sense of the word, but a tronie. A tronie is a Dutch term for a type of picture between a portrait and a history piece. The sitter is portrayed in a particular role, sometmes with the appropiate clothing and props, and his identity is irrelevant. |
