For my analysis, I decided to go with Rembrandt, self portrait.
This painting is a staple of the Dutch golden age.
Overall, the quality of the painting has great likeness, as well as composition - you could argue that this painting specifically lines up with the rule of 3rds style of composition, furthermore, you could possibly see your eye being drawn from the corner of the page (bottom right) up the clothes and circle around the face, taking in the colours.
This is because, everything in the piece is brown in colour, so even though the face isn't far off in terms of colour, it is lighter and therefore captures the viewers eye a lot more compared to say if it was a darker colour.
Given these colours, this could describe Rembrandt's personality as striking, or potentially god like in terms of the colours use - as yellow/golden colours are often associated with higher powers or royalty and the way it is portrayed in the image helps reinforce that ideal.
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