Looking for Painting of Old man lighting his pipe....?

Question

I am looking for a painting that shows an old man lighting his pipe.

It shows only his face (I believe he wears a hat and has a long beard) and his match lighting his pipe or maybe a cigar (I'm pretty sure it's a pipe).

The light from his match lights up his face wonderfully.

I googled it with no luck (It is not "Old Man Lighting His Pipe - Gideon" and it is not "Old Man Lighting a Pipe - Gerrit Dou").

If you know it, I'd love to know what it's called. I've been looking for it for years.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Over the years there have been many paintings done of old men lighting or smoking pipes. In the 18th. and 19th. centuries most men smoked tobacco from pipes and a great many of the artists, from Gauguin and Van Gogh to Matisse, did.

But the best known painting of a man lighting a pipe was painted by Rembrandt. I'm not sure of the name of the painting but I do know it was by Rembrandt.

Answer 2

My Grandfather has a painting like that. It is a old man lighting a pipe and he has a soft red hat and a long beard.He and It is from Holland. I think it was painted in the16th century? It is unfortunately unsigned. Looks like it could be a Rembrandt or maybe a student of his?

Answer 3

Your story/poems strike a cord in me of Chaucer written in latest English. Once a poet/writer i know lamented that he had been born a century or two too late. Had you been born in a time when poetry was the medium, your verse could be learn nonetheless at present as that of a master poet alongside Shakespeare and the other greats.

Answer 4

I am looking for the same painting, or a print, or,even, an image on Google. Have you had any luck finding it?

Answer 5

Old Man and the Sea

Answer 6

Cannot find what you are looking for.

Answer 7

http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A0geu56rcE5GPfYAn5NXNyoA?p=painting%20with%20a%20pipe%20in%20it&sp=1&ei=UTF-8&fr=slv8-yie7&SpellState=n-2582806003_q-SjP9JRr7v0Phdr6Lz0BdcgAAAA%40%40&fr2=tab-web

you can look through here

Answer 8

http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/image.asp?id=28795
http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/image.asp?id=9047
http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/image.asp?id=30948
http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/image.asp?id=2568
http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/image.asp?id=952
http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/image.asp?id=963