The Presentation in the Temple, c. 1654. Creator: Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)
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The Presentation in the Temple, c. 1654. Creator: Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)
The Presentation in the Temple, c. 1654. Rembrandt often illustrated the intimate meaning of biblical events. Here Simeon, to whom " it was revealed... by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death before he had seen the Lords Christ, " holds up the infant Jesus toward the High Priest, a frail figure who allows the prayer book to slip from his grasp. At the left, the Virgin Mary and Joseph humbly kneel in the shadows, while a priest with an enormous crozier towers over all. To Rembrandt, light symbolized divinity and spirituality. By using an unsystematic network of fine crosshatching in the background and by varying the density of groups of parallel lines on the figures, he created an evocative atmosphere where forms emerge from shimmering half-lights. Rembrandts ability to create a rich pictorial effect with linear means can only be fully appreciated in superb impressions such as this one, where the drypoint accents are fresh and strong and the nuances of the shading are perfectly realized
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1606 1669 Drypoint And Engraving Rembrandt Van Rijn Rembrandt Van Rijn Dutch
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