Rembrandt van Rijn1641

The Baptism of the Ethiopian Eunuch

On the desert road the Ethiopian official, having heard the gospel of Jesus from Philip, comes to water and is baptized (Acts 8). An etching by Rembrandt van Rijn (1641).

The Baptism of the Ethiopian Eunuch by Rembrandt van Rijn depicting Acts 8:36
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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.