Simeon's Song of Praise. 마우리츠하위스(Mauritshuis). 덴하그(Den Haag, 헤이그:Hague)

Simeon's Song of Praise. 마우리츠하위스(Mauritshuis).

덴하그(Den Haag, 헤이그:Hague). 네덜란드(Netherland)

Rembrandt van Rijn                                          

Simeon's Song of Praise

1631

Joseph and Mary are in the temple to dedicate their newborn baby Jesus to God, where the child is recognised by Simeon as the long-awaited Messiah. The old man takes him in his arms and bursts into a song of praise. The divine light that floods Simeon appears to be shining from the child himself.

 

When Rembrandt painted this scene, he was twenty-five and still living in Leiden. He moved to Amsterdam in the same year, where he started to paint much larger works and made portraits for the first time.

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