In this artwork, how is the Description discussed?
The pose of the wealthy subject is unusually animated, as he is rising, perhaps to greet a visitor or to introduce him to his wife depicted in a companion painting. The portrait and its pendant, Portrait of a Young Woman with a Fan, have been separated since 1793. Occasional exhibitions have reunited the pair. Wilhelm von Bode was the first one to notice the similarities in size and composition and presented the man and woman as pendants in his catalogue of Rembrandt paintings in 1897.
Portrait of a Young Woman with a Fan Wilhelm von Bode Rembrandt