Titus as a Monk

Rembrandt presents a young man in a heavy brown hooded cloak, the hood framing his pale, softly modeled face as he looks downward. The sitter stands against a nearly black background, with warm earth tones—browns and ochres—dominating the palette and subtle red tones in the lips and cheeks catching the light. The painting exhibits Rembrandt’s characteristic chiaroscuro and painterly brushwork, producing a contemplative mood through restrained color and delicate modeling of light on the face and folds of the cloak.