Tronie of a Young Man

1661 · Private collection

portrait

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.

About the Artist

Christoph Paudiss

1625 – 1666

German painter, pupil of Rembrandt. From his apprenticeship, perhaps in Hamburg, he went on to train in the Netherlands from the late 1640s to the early 1650s. After working in Stuttgart (1656), Prague, Dresden (1659-60), Vienna and Salzburg, he stayed his last four years in Freising where he worked for Fürstbischof Albrecht Sigismund von Bayern. He was married twice. His paintings and frescoes show dark pictures of everyday life. The Freisinger Diözesanmuseum has the largest collection of his work, others are scattered around Europe.

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