Which Rembrandt portrait shows the Amsterdam merchant Nicolaes Ruts wearing a fur-trimmed coat?

The Rembrandt portrait showing the merchant Nicolaes Ruts in a fur-trimmed coat is Portrait of Nicolaes Ruts.

Rembrandt painted Portrait of Nicolaes Ruts in 1631, soon after establishing himself in Amsterdam. Ruts was a wealthy merchant involved in trade with Russia, and the painting presents him in an imposing half-length format. His dark clothing and broad fur-trimmed garment communicate status while the face remains the psychological focus.

The work is an important example of Rembrandt’s early Amsterdam portraiture. At this stage he was building a reputation for presenting affluent sitters with vivid facial expression, rich textures, and dramatic lighting. Portrait commissions helped make Amsterdam commercially attractive to him.

Nicolaes Ruts should not be confused with Jan Six or Maerten Soolmans, two other prominent men portrayed by Rembrandt. Those portraits belong to different commissions and dates. The fur-trimmed coat and the sitter’s documented identity distinguish this work.