Half figure of a man in oriental costume. Jan nowak-jezioranski identifies him as andrzej rej, a grandson of mikołaj rej, a leading polish poet and prose writer of the renaissance. Andrzej rej (ca. 1584-1641) was a governor of libusza, calvinist activist, and a diplomat who was sent on a diplomatic mission in 1637 to the danish, dutch and english courts. Other sources identify the sitter as john iii sobieski, king of poland. Object Type: painting. Genre: portrait. Date: 1637. Dimensions: height: 96.8 cm (38.1 in) ; width: 66 cm (25.9 in). Medium: oil on panel. Collection: National Gallery of Art. Rembrandt van Rijn - A Polish nobleman
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