Aristoteles vid Homeros byst

Rembrandt, 1653, Metropolitan Museum of Art

‘Aristoteles vid Homeros byst’ is a work by Rembrandt van Rijn (Netherlands, 1606–1669). It is dated 1653. It is part of the collection Metropolitan Museum of Art. Wikidata links the work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.

It is made of oil paint and canvas. It measures 144 × 137 cm. The work belongs to the genre historiated portrait. The things depicted include Aristotle, Homer, bust, and statue.

The catalogue has 249 more works by Rembrandt van Rijn.

• The Baroque