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Simeon in the Temple by Rembrandt Harmens Van Rhine

Simeon in the Temple by Rembrandt Harmens Van Rhine

Although this commissioned work began in 1661, it lay unfinished in Rembrandt’s workshop until his death in 1669. The picture is written on the plot of a fulfilled prophecy. Elder Simeon was foretold that he “would not see death, until he saw Christ. The Lord.” And he finally met him when Mary and Joseph brought Jesus to the temple. Rembrandt has already created a great customized version on this topic.

There, the action takes place under the high arches of the temple, and the work itself is done in a detailed manner characteristic of the period of youth, success and fame. Here, the free manner of writing in recent years is especially noticeable because the work is not finished, although this is hardly essential: everything is focused on the moment when the half-blind old man shakes the wrapped Infant in his arms – a scene filled with endless tenderness.

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