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An Old Man Reading

An Old Man Reading, Ferdinand Bol, 1642

An Old Man Reading

1642 · Print

Particulars

1642 · aged 26

16161680

Accession number: 1994.60.5

Meanwhile, in the life of Ferdinand Bol

after 1635
Apprenticed in Rembrandt's workshop
After December 1635, when Bol is still recorded in Dordrecht as a painter, he works as an apprentice in Rembrandt's Amsterdam workshop (other accounts say already after 1630) and lives in his house. He followed his master so closely that many of his paintings were long attributed to Rembrandt himself, and Rembrandt even sold his pupil's work.
1636–1641
Teacher: Rembrandt
1636–1680 · Workplace
Amsterdam
1641
Opens his own studio
After his father's death, Bol opens his own studio and establishes himself as an independent artist.
1641
Pupil: Cornelis Bisschop
1641
Death of his father, Balthasar Bol
Balthasar Bol, chief surgeon of Dordrecht, dies; Rembrandt had painted his portrait when he came to Amsterdam to visit his son.

More by Ferdinand Bol

Neighbors at National Gallery of Art

On the same theme · Amusement

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Ferdinand Bol, portrait

Ferdinand BolDutch, 1616–1680

May one see it?

Not receiving at present

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

Checked: 9 days ago
In this state since: Aug 19, 2026
Source: The museum

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What it shows

Amusement Male Seated figure Reading

In the catalog

Prints Etching Baroque 17th century Dutch

Sources

National Gallery of Art
Image: National Gallery of Art — Museum open access

Aeneas Crowning Cloanthus, Ferdinand Bol, c. 1661 - c. 1663

Aeneas Crowning Cloanthus

c. 1661 - c. 1663 · Rijksmuseum

Consul Titus Manlius Torquatus Orders the Beheading of his Son, Ferdinand Bol, 1661 - 1663

Consul Titus Manlius Torquatus Orders the Beheading of his Son

1661 - 1663 · Rijksmuseum

Self-Portrait, Ferdinand Bol, c. 1669

Self-Portrait

c. 1669 · Rijksmuseum

Rébecca et Eliézer au puits, Bol, Ferdinand, XVIIe siècle (1600 - 1700)

Rébecca et Eliézer au puits

17th century (1600–1700) · Musée du Louvre

Portrait of a Young Man (Walich Schellingwou ? ), Ferdinand Bol, 1641

Portrait of a Young Man (Walich Schellingwou ? )

1641 · State Hermitage Museum

Portrait of an Old Woman with a Book, Ferdinand Bol, 1651

Portrait of an Old Woman with a Book

1651 · State Hermitage Museum

Esther and Mordecai, Ferdinand Bol, 1654

Esther and Mordecai

1654 · State Hermitage Museum

Enfants nobles (de la famille Trip?) dans un char traîné par des chèvres, Bol, Ferdinand, Milieu du XVIIe siècle (1654)

Enfants nobles (de la famille Trip?) dans un char traîné par des chèvres

mid 17th century (1654) · Musée du Louvre

Ginevra de' Benci [obverse], Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1474/1478

Leonardo da Vinci

Ginevra de' Benci [obverse], c. 1474/1478

Wreath of Laurel, Palm, and Juniper with a Scroll inscribed Virtutem Forma Decorat [reverse], Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1474/1478

Leonardo da Vinci

Wreath of Laurel, Palm, and Juniper with a Scroll inscribed Virtutem Forma Decorat [reverse], c. 1474/1478

Green Wheat Fields, Auvers, Vincent van Gogh, 1890

Vincent van Gogh

Green Wheat Fields, Auvers, 1890

Girl in White, Vincent van Gogh, 1890

Vincent van Gogh

Girl in White, 1890

Roses, Vincent van Gogh, 1890

Vincent van Gogh

Roses, 1890

Self-Portrait, Vincent van Gogh, 1889

Vincent van Gogh

Self-Portrait, 1889

Farmhouse in Provence, Vincent van Gogh, 1888

Vincent van Gogh

Farmhouse in Provence, 1888

La Mousmé, Vincent van Gogh, 1888

Vincent van Gogh

La Mousmé, 1888

Woman at the Seashore (Femme au bord de la mer), Pablo Picasso, 1923 or 1924

Pablo Picasso

Woman at the Seashore (Femme au bord de la mer), 1923 or 1924

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Variation on Delacroix's "Women of Algiers": IX, Pablo Picasso, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Variation on Delacroix's "Women of Algiers": IX, 1955

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Variation on Delacroix's "Women of Algiers": IV, Pablo Picasso, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Variation on Delacroix's "Women of Algiers": IV, 1955

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Woman Sitting in a Garden [verso], Pablo Picasso, 1901

Pablo Picasso

Woman Sitting in a Garden [verso], 1901

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Variation on Delacroix's "Women of Algiers": I, Pablo Picasso, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Variation on Delacroix's "Women of Algiers": I, 1955

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

The Acrobats (Les saltimbanques), Pablo Picasso, 1905, published 1913

Pablo Picasso

The Acrobats (Les saltimbanques), 1905, published 1913

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Nude Seated before a Curtain (Femme nue assise devant un rideau), Pablo Picasso, 1931

Pablo Picasso

Nude Seated before a Curtain (Femme nue assise devant un rideau), 1931

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Pique I, Pablo Picasso, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Pique I, 1959

Not on view · National Gallery of Art