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King Uzziah Shocked With Leprosy by Rembrandt Harmens Van Rhine

King Uzziah Shocked With Leprosy by Rembrandt Harmens Van Rhine

THE PICTURE IS SOMETIMES CALLED “A portrait of a man in oriental clothes,” but there is good reason to believe that the Judean king Uzziah is depicted here, who, puffed up, dressed in the clothes of the high priest and burned incense on the altar in the Jerusalem temple.

And immediately he was punished: the vaults of the temple opened up from the earthquake and the divine ray struck Uzziah with leprosy. Strong internal stress is expressed in gloomy facial features, but even more so in clenched fingers.

Gray spots on the face clearly indicate leprosy. The portrait was very topical when the plague raged in Amsterdam. The need for a bronze or gold object behind Uzzia seems rather dubious, although the snake entwined around it probably symbolizes the Egyptian execution.

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