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A remarkable discovery has been made in the art world: an exceptional and newly identified painting by Peter Paul Rubens, titled Bearded Old Man, Looking Down to His Left (c.1609), is being presented at the prestigious BRAFA Art Fair.
This powerful head study depicts a bald, bearded man with his head gently bowed and his gaze lowered, showcasing Rubens’ mastery of technique through dense impasto on the nose and skull contrasted with more transparent areas elsewhere. The result is a strikingly immediate image that emerges from darkness with almost sculptural presence.
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