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New Testament paintings (until 1639) - REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn - WGA

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New Testament paintings (until 1639)

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Figures or scenes from the New Testament are relatively rare in the works of seventeenth-century Dutch painters. For Rembrandt, however, the Bible was an inexhaustible source of inspiration, providing with him innumerable examples of human joys and sorrows. He depicted his Biblical characters in the prosaic environment of ordinary Dutch people of his time, showing them as protagonists in the eternal human drama, moved by love, anxiety, wrath, treachery, humility or pride.

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  author       = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
  title        = {New Testament paintings (until 1639) (selection)},
  organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
  date         = {2026-09-09},
  url          = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/rembrandt-harmenszoon-van-rijn-r1ab15ef44b0460/selections/r1c07fef76c787f},
  urldate      = {2026-09-09},
  langid       = {english}
}

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