Tronie of a Young Man

For this tronie, Rembrandt’s works were the principal source of inspiration for Paudiss, even after he had left the Netherlands. Tronies are representations of particular character types, such as soldiers, orientals, old men or young women. Rembrandt and Lievens had developed this particular genre into a trademark with their etchings and paintings of the late 1620s and 1630s.

Characteristic of the present tronie is a reduced colour scheme with predominantly brown and grey tones.