Rembrandt wrote himself in different angles, in all sorts of guises. Sometimes he judged himself with a sober look, noticing the signs of old age on his blue, flabby face,

Samson loved to roam the country and once came to the city of Timnah. There he fell in love with a stately Philistine woman and wished to marry her. He

The picture illustrates the gospel parable. Jesus likened the kingdom of heaven to a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire workers in his vineyard and arranged

In his later works, he reveals the image of a man through the prism of his entire life. Synthesizing, the artist sweeps away the accidental, not only in the external

The traditional name is “Girl by the Window”, although this is clearly studio work and a window sill on which the model leaned, nothing more than a shelf or stand.

Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn – the greatest Dutch painter, embodied in his works a realistic reflection of reality, spirituality and deep individualization of phenomena and images. With unsurpassed skill and

PICTURE IMAGES a dramatic moment from the Book of Esther, a Jew who became the wife of the Persian king Artaxerxes. King Aman’s chief adviser, unaware of Esther’s origin, planned

Very often, an unusual motive could have led Rembrandt to carry out bold artistic experiments. An example of one of these experiments can serve as a picture presented from the

The painting of the Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn “David and Jonathan” or “David’s Farewell to Jonathan”. The size of the picture is 73 x 62 cm, wood, oil. The

Painting by the Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn “The Feast of Valtasar”. The size of the painting is 168 x 209 cm, oil on canvas. In the biblical texts Valtasar

During the 40s, Rembrandt addressed the theme of the holy family several times. One of the best solutions of this theme is the Hermitage painting “The Holy Family”, created by

Nicholas Van Bambek himself was an artist, but, as one of his friends said with regret, a rich inheritance dulled his ambition, and in the end he did not live

In the works of Rembrandt there is no direct protest against the existing reality; but the moral ideal of a person who advances and defends it in his work is

Painting by the Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn “The accusation of Joseph.” The size of the painting is 106 x 98 cm, oil on canvas. The fuller title of the

The painting “Sofonisba Accepts a Bowl of Poison” is an early work by Rembrandt. In the guise of the heroine guessed Portrait of the wife of the artist Saskia. Sofonisba

The artist portrayed his wife as Yunona Saskia. Juno is the Roman goddess of marriage and birth, the motherhood of women and the feminine productive force. Patroness of marriages, guardian

The painting is known under the names: “Sindiki”, “Elders of the cloth workshop”; both are not entirely accurate and are related to the establishment of a clothmaker’s guild, designed to

REMBRANDT LIVING, it would seem, in a limited world, never leaving the borders of the Netherlands. However, despite the small area, the Netherlands almost the entire XVII century was the

St. Thomas, one of the twelve disciples of Christ, is mentioned in the New Testament several times. Rembrandt portrayed the famous episode of the Gospel of John. After being taken

Self-portrait by Rembrandt was written in 1640. It was a time when the lifetime of the artist reaches the zenith of fame. In 1639, Rembrandt moved in with Saskia bought

Painting of the Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn “Renunciation of the Apostle Peter”. The size of the painting is 154 x 169 cm, oil on canvas. Man faces a choice.