Rembrandt

Why is Rembrandt important?

Dutch painter and printmaker Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–69) is considered one of the greatest storytellers in art, unusually gifted in rendering people in various moods and guises.

Rembrandt

The Return of the Prodigal Son is an oil painting by Rembrandt, part of the collection of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. It is among the Dutch master’s final works, likely completed within two years of his death in 1669.

Rembrandt and Saskia Prodigal son

Saskia his wife. She is rich, allows him to work in Amsterdam.

Luke 15:7 (NLT)

7 In the same way, there is more joy in heaven over one lost sinner who repents and returns to God than over ninety-nine others who are righteous and haven’t strayed away!

In Rembrandts painting there is no religious symbolism or divine presence

The Prodigal Son
Rembrandt “The Prodigal Son” 1636

It is easy to see ourselves in the prodigal but we should also see ourselves in the brother and the father.

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