The Standard Bearer (Floris Soop, 1604-1657) 1654 Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) Dutch The flag, the plume in the hat, and the tooled leather baldric (sword-belt) indicate that the figure is an ensign in one of Amsterdam's civic guard companies. He is almost certainly Floris Soop, a wealthy bachelor whose estate included 140 paintings. Rembrandt conveys a strong sense of character and reveals extraordinary skill in the vigorously modeled face, the thick hair, and costume details. The impressions of volume in the figure and space in the background have been diminished by abrasion and darkening with age. Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Listen Play or pause #2641. Investigations: The Standard Bearer (Floris Soop, 1604-1657), Part 1 Play or pause #2642. Investigations: The Standard Bearer (Floris Soop, 1604-1657), Part 2 Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies We're sorry, the transcript for this audio track is not available at this time. We are working to make it available
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