Rembrandt van Rijn - Two Moors 1661

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Rembrandt van Rijn - Two Moors 1661

Two Moors 1661
77x64cm oil/canvas
Mauritshuis, Hague, Netherlands
The image is only being used for informational and educational purposes

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From Mauritshuis, Hague:
In the seventeenth century, African men – then known as Moors – were rarely depicted. And if they were, it was usually as servants in portraits. But Rembrandt painted them as subjects in their own right.
Rembrandt painted the men in very thin layers of paint. Although he depicted their heads, like the white shawl, in great detail, many other parts are only sketchily painted. Presumably, Rembrandt’s main interest was in the exotic heads and how he could represent them with a very limited palette.