The Jewish Bride
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The Jewish Bride | |
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Oil on canvas | |
Movement | Baroque painting, Dutch Golden Age painting |
Dimensions | 121.5 cm × 166.5 cm (47.8 in × 65.6 in) |
Location | Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
The Jewish Bride (Dutch: Het Joodse bruidje) is a painting by Rembrandt, painted around 1665‒1669.[1]
The painting gained its current name in the early 19th century, when an Amsterdam art collector identified the subject as that of a Jewish father bestowing a necklace upon his daughter on her wedding day. This interpretation is no longer accepted, and the identity of the couple is uncertain.
While technical evidence suggests that Rembrandt initially envisioned a larger and more elaborate composition, the placement of his signature at lower left indicates that its current dimensions are not significantly different from those at the time of its completion.[5] According to Rembrandt biographer Christopher White, the completed composition is "one of the greatest expressions of the tender fusion of spiritual and physical love in the history of painting."[6]
The painting is in the permanent collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
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Detail of the hands
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Drawing of Isaac and Rebeccah spied upon by Abimelech, by Rembrandt, c. 1662
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Other Jewish Bride, by Rembrandt, 1641
See also
References
- ^ "Isaac and Rebecca, Known as 'The Jewish Bride' – Rijksmuseum Amsterdam – Museum for Art and History". Rijksmuseum.nl. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
- ^ "The Jewish Bride – Rijksmuseum Amsterdam – Museum for Art and History". Rijksmuseum.nl. Archived from the original on 2012-02-11. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
- ^ Bull, Duncan, et al., Rembrandt-Caravaggio, p. 131. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 2006.
- ^ Bull, p. 131.
- ^ Bull, p. 132.
- ^ White, Christopher, Rembrandt, p. 202. London, 1984.
Further reading
- Bikker, Jonathan (2013). The Jewish Bride. Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum. ISBN 978-94-91714-05-4.
External links
- The Jewish Bride Archived 2012-02-11 at the Wayback Machine at the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
- Portrait of a couple as Isaac and Rebeccah, known as The Jewish Bride in the RKDimagesdatabase