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Classified as a history painting, [4] The Storm on the Sea of Galilee is an oil-on-canvas painting and is about 160 x 128 cm in size. It was Rembrandt's earliest painting, completed when he was 29 years old, and it is the largest known historical work that he completed.
The Risen Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalene: 1638: Oil on panel: 61 x 49.5: ... A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings VI: Rembrandt’s Paintings Revisited – A Complete ...
Rembrandt often used religious scenes and imagery in his paintings. Rembrandt's family was quite wealthy, his father was a miller, and his mother a baker's daughter. Although he later created many biblical works, Rembrandt was not raised in the church. His mother was a Roman Catholic, and father belonged to the Dutch Reformed Church. [3]
Rembrandt portrays the Holy Family as a typical family of Amsterdam in his day. In the foreground Jesus is asleep in the same style of wicker crib that can be seen in period paintings of mothers with babies by Pieter de Hooch. Mary looks up from her book to take a peek at the sleeping child under the crib curtain (Dutch: klamboe).
The woman in the background, who either represents Mary or Anna the Prophetess, was probably added after artist's death by an unknown painter working in Rembrandt's workshop. [2] [3] Rembrandt had painted the same motif at least twice before: in Simeon and Anna in the Temple, [4] [5] and in Simeon's Song of Praise. [6] [7]
At the time of the sale, Christie’s attributed the biblical scene to the “Circle of Rembrandt,” suggesting it had been carried out by a student or an artist close to the famous painter, and ...
The Three Crosses is a 1653 print in etching and drypoint by the Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn, which depicts the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.Most of his prints are mainly in etching and this one is a drypoint with burin adjustments from the third state onwards. [1]
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (/ ˈ r ɛ m b r æ n t, ˈ r ɛ m b r ɑː n t /; [2] Dutch: [ˈrɛmbrɑnt ˈɦɑrmə(n)ˌsoːɱ vɑn ˈrɛin] ⓘ; 15 July 1606 [1] – 4 October 1669), usually simply known as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and draughtsman.