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A Polish Nobleman
is an
oil painting
on panel completed by
Rembrandt
in 1637. It depicts a man in a costume of either Polish
szlachta
or
Eastern-European
boyar
nobility. His identity is unclear, and has given rise to several different interpretations. The painting is now in the
National Gallery of Art
in Washington, D.C.; its past owners have included
Catherine II the Great
and
Andrew Mellon
.
Painting:
Rembrandt
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