I dunno... looks about as contemporary as one could possibly imagine to Rembrandt. Not really getting much Aristotle or Ancient Greek vibes, there... but I guess that was common, acceptable practice for the time?
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The subject matter is classical. The artstyle remains his own.
Granted.
Guess it just aged like milk for me, not unlike the many hilarious depictions of "Jesus" as a tall, white Anglo-Saxon, with beautiful, flowing auburn locks, and metrosexual-style beard, all dressed up in beautiful white robes.
"Yep, Bobby, that's your authentic Semitic carpenter from 2000yrs ago." XD
I actually don't mind those depictions at all. And the reason is that everyone incorporates religious figures into their own cultures. Ive posted a series of Chinese paintings depicting Jesus too. And guess what, doesn't look like quite as realistic as you'd think.
Well, sure... but there's a vast, cultural distance in that case, and I'd personally feel foolish expecting much 'authenticity,' there. In fact I tend to prefer 'seeing things though their eyes,' if that makes sense.
To me, what's different in the Rembrandt - Aristotle case above is that W.Civ flowed DIRECTLY out of Greco-Roman roots, so outside of contemporary artistic urgency and merit (as we alluded to above), the OP piece has a ridiculous, white-washing quality to it that's never going to sit very well with me. FWIW.