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Rembrandt van Rijn, Old Man Seated, 1631, chalk on prepared paper, Private Collection. Rembrandt’s command of red chalk is exquisitely demonstrated in this sketch, with a range of tones capturing the light and shadow that fall on the man. Rembrandt used the figure to represent the Old Testament patriarch Jacob in Joseph Telling His Dreams, the oil sketch seen in the following slide. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art
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