The Parable of the Rich Fool (Rembrandt)

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The Parable of the Rich Fool, also known as The Money Changer,^[1] is an oil painting on canvas of 1627 by Rembrandt, now in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin.^[2] Produced early in the artist's career, it depicts the eponymous Biblical parable. The model for the figure is said to have been Rembrandt's father.^[1]

Related works

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  Gerrit van Honthorst

  's Old Woman Studying a Coin, 1623–1624, a possible inspiration for the work
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  Matthias Stom's Old Woman by Candlelight, 1630–1640, with many similar elements
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  Hendrick Bloemaert's, Woman Selling Eggs, 1632, a comparable composition

See also

• List of paintings by Rembrandt

References

Further reading

• Gary Schwartz, Rembrandt, zijn leven, zijn schilderijen, Atrium, Alphen a/d Rijn, 1984.

External links

• Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
• Rembrandt and the Parable of the Rich Fool of Luke 12:16-20 (Part 3) — post about the painting, on the blog A Chorus of Voices: The Reception History of the Parables

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