Carel Fabritius
Self-portrait
c. 1645
old masters
This masterly portrait was once believed to be the work of Rembrandt. But it is actually a made by his brilliant student Carel Fabritius. About ten paintings by Fabritius have survived; the artist died prematurely when his studio in Delft was destroyed by a huge gunpowder explosion in 1654.
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- Wikipedia on gunpowder explosion in Delfthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delft_Explosion#Delft_Explosion
