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Aristotle with a Bust of Homer
Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) · 1653
- Artist
- Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) Dutch, Leiden 1606–1669 Amsterdam
- Date
- 1653
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 56 1/2 x 53 3/4 in. (143.5 x 136.5 cm)
- Where to see it
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Purchase, special contributions and funds given or bequeathed by friends of the Museum, 1961 · CC0 Public Domain · The Met · see it at the museum ↗
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