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The Good Samaritan

The Samaritan lifts the wounded traveler onto his own beast and brings him to an inn, showing mercy where others passed by (Luke 10). An etching by Rembrandt van Rijn (1633).

The Good Samaritan by Rembrandt van Rijn depicting Luke 10:33
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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.