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A bluesman with a shady past returns after disappearing years ago. A sweaty juke joint. A deal with the devil. Sound familiar ...
In that Bible scene, Jesus chides his critics: “Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do. Go and learn the meaning of the words, ... His style has obvious influences on the likes of ...
A similar leap occurs with “Rembrandt and his Wife Saskia” (c. 1638), also presented as part of the Esther narrative, as it somehow “highlights the continued relevance of this biblical story ...
All your questions about Rembrandt's Night Watch, ... On his long list of famed paintings, you will find portraits, landscapes, allegories, biblical scenes, historical representations, and so much ...
All your questions about Rembrandt's Night Watch, ... On his long list of famed paintings, you will find portraits, landscapes, allegories, biblical scenes, historical representations, and so much ...
Bankrupt but unbroken, he produced haunting self-portraits, biblical scenes, and etchings of unmatched emotional depth. Rembrandt died in 1669, leaving a body of work that transcended time, not merely ...
The exhibition is built around Rembrandt van Rijn’s 1632-33 oil painting entitled “A Jewish Heroine from the Hebrew Bible,” which is displayed in its own small gallery room. Above the painting is a ...
Rembrandt’s “Jewish Heroine from the Hebrew Bible,” the central painting, was completed when the artist was 27. While the identification with Esther is not entirely ironclad — the Jews have no ...
If you were to visit a home in Amsterdam in the 17th Century, you might find, in the kitchen, the library, or even inside the fireplace, a scene of the biblical Queen Esther approaching her ...
Cathy FitzGerald invites you to discover new details in old masterpieces, using your phone, tablet or computer. This episode – A Woman Bathing in a Stream by Rembrandt. Show more Cathy ...
Completed just a few months before his death and one of his final paintings, Rembrandt’s canvas of this Biblical story was a return to a subject he’d visited around 30 years earlier when he ...
View 17 folios: Biblical scenes and portraits (1636 - 1680) By Bol Ferdinand; Etching and drypoint on laid paper with watermark “Mill Wheel” (Bartsch 3, 4), “Eagle” (Bartsch 6, 8), “Foolscap” (Bartsch ...