The Holy Family with Angels
| The Holy Family with Angels | |
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| Artist | Rembrandt  |
| Year | 1645 |
| Medium | oil paint |
| Dimensions | 117 cm (46 in) × 91 cm (36 in) |
| Location | Hermitage Museum |
| Identifiers | RKDimages ID: 31208 |
The Holy Family with Angels (1645) is an oil painting on canvas by the Dutch painter Rembrandt. It is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is now in the collection of the Hermitage Museum.
Description
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Unusual portrayal in home setting
Rembrandt portrays the Holy Family as a typical family of Amsterdam in his day. In the foreground Jesus is asleep in the same style of wicker crib that can be seen in period paintings of mothers with babies by Pieter de Hooch. Mary looks up from her book to take a peek at the sleeping child under the crib curtain (Dutch: klamboe). In the background Joseph is working on making a yoke.The yoke refers both to the coming of the Lord according to Isaiah ("For the yoke of their burden, and the bar across their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor, you have broken as on the day of Midian"), as well as the words of Jesus according to Matthew the Apostle ("Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls, for my yoke is easy and my burden is light").
Other "Holy Family" paintings by Rembrandt or his school are:
See also
References
- ^ Entry 94 for ''The Holy Family with Angels in Hofstede de Groot, 1915
- 72. The Holy Family in Smith's catalogue raisonné of 1836
- The Holy Family with Angels in the RKD
- The Holy Family with Angels, in the Hermitage website
