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TITLE: | Self Portrait as Apostle Paul |
| ARTIST: | Rembrandt van Rijn | |
| DATE: | 1661 | |
| MEDIA: | Oil on canvas | |
| SIZE: | 36 x 30 in | |
| LOCATION: | Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum-Foundation | |
| SCRIPTURE: | 2 Timothy 4; Acts and Paul's Epistles |
The time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith...do thy diligence to come shortly unto me...when thou comest, bring with thee...the books, but especially the parchments.
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TITLE: | Boaz and Ruth |
| ARTIST: | Rembrandt van Rijn | |
| DATE: | c. 1637-40 | |
| MEDIA: | Pen and brush | |
| SIZE: | 17.8 x 16.9 | |
| LOCATION: | Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen | |
| SCRIPTURE: | Ruth 1 |
And he said, "Blessed be thou of the Lord, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followest not young men, whether poor or rich. And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman."
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TITLE: | David at Prayer |
| ARTIST: | Rembrandt van Rijn | |
| DATE: | 1652 | |
| MEDIA: | Etching, first state of three | |
| SIZE: | 14.3 x 9.3 cm | |
| LOCATION: | London, British Museum | |
| SCRIPTURE: | 2 Samuel 7 |
Then went king David in, and sat before the Lord, and he said, "Who am I, O Lord
God? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? ... For thy word's sake,
and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy
servant know them. Wherefore thou art great, O Lord God: for there is none like thee,
neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our
ears."
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TITLE: | The Sermon of John the Baptist |
| ARTIST: | Rembrandt van Rijn | |
| DATE: | c. 1634-36 | |
| MEDIA: | Oil on canvas on panel | |
| SIZE: | 62 x 80 cm | |
| LOCATION: | Berlin, Gemaldegalerie der Staatlichen Museen | |
| SCRIPTURE: | Luke 3 |
And he come into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins; as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth; and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
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TITLE: | The Angel Prevents the Sacrifice of Isaac |
| ARTIST: | Rembrandt van Rijn | |
| DATE: | 1635 | |
| MEDIA: | Oil on canvas | |
| SIZE: | 193 x 133 cm | |
| LOCATION: | St. Petersburg, Hermitage | |
| SCRIPTURE: | Genesis 22 |
And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar
there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon
the wood. And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham,
Abraham: and he said, Here am I. And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad,
neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast
not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
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