Rembrandt van Rijn1645

The Holy Family

Joseph takes Mary as his wife and names the child Jesus, keeping watch over the holy family in the quiet of their home (Matthew 1). An oil painting by Rembrandt van Rijn (1645).

The Holy Family by Rembrandt van Rijn depicting Matthew 1:18
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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.