The Crucifixion
Christ hangs upon the cross at Golgotha as darkness covers the land, and he cries out before yielding up his spirit (Matthew 27). An oil painting by Rembrandt van Rijn (1631).
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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.