This is one of my favourite paintings of all time.
It was painted by the Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669) in 1632.
The "Man in Oriental Costume" is also referred to as "The Noble Slav". I saw it in The Metropolitan Museum of Art when I visited New York a few years ago & was spellbound by it.
It is an Oil on canvas measuring 152.7 x 111.1 cm and was gifted to the museum by William K. Vanderbilt in 1920.
The museum is well worth a visit if you are ever in New York.
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