Rembrandt (1606-1669) Parable of the Labourers in the Vineyard 1637 Oil on panel, 31 x 42 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Parable of the Labourers in the Vineyard (1637)
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Sacrifice of Isaac (1635)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Sacrifice of Isaac 1635 Oil on canvas, 193 x 132 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg God ordered Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac as a test of his faith (Genesis, 22: 1-13). Abraham set out to carry out the…
Return of the Prodigal Son (c.1668)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Return of the Prodigal Son c.1668 Oil on canvas, 262 x 205 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg At one moment in his youth Rembrandt depicted himself in one of his many self-portraits as a reveller and spoilt child of…
Portrait of an Old Man in Red (1652-1654)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of an Old Man in Red c.1652–1654 Oil on canvas, 108 x 86 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg In the 1650s Rembrandt turned increasingly to the depiction of aged men and women, seeking to bring out in these…
Portrait of an Old Jew (1654)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of an Old Jew 1654 Oil on canvas, 109 x 85 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Portrait of a Scholar (1631)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of a Scholar 1631 Oil on canvas, 104.5 x 92 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg In the first decade of his life in Amsterdam, to which the young Rembrandt moved from Leiden in 1631, he gained initial fame…
Portrait of the Poet Jeremias de Decker (1666)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of the Poet Jeremias de Decker 1666 Oil on panel, 71 x 56 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg See also: • Decker, Jeremias de (1609-1666)
Portrait of a Man (1661)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of a Man 1661 Oil on canvas, 71 x 61 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
David and Jonathan (1642)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) David and Jonathan 1642 Oil on panel, 73 x 61.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg After his wife’s death Rembrandt continued for a time to live in a grand style, assembling a collection of antiques in his Amsterdam home.…
Portrait of a Man of the Van Beresteyn Family (1632)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of a Man, probably a Member of the Van Beresteyn Family 1632 Oil on canvas, 111.8 x 88.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The man is most likely Cornelis van Beresteyn (1586–1638), a wealthy burgomaster of…