Balaam and the Ass
When the donkey sees the angel of the Lord blocking the road and turns aside, Balaam strikes her, and the Lord opens her mouth to speak (Numbers 22). An oil painting by Rembrandt van Rijn (1626).
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About Rembrandt van Rijn
1606-1669 · Dutch
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was a Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker whose biblical works — in oil, panel, and etching — remain among the most psychologically searching treatments of Scripture in Western art.