The Presentation at the Temple
In the temple the aged Simeon takes the infant Christ in his arms and blesses God, calling him a light to the nations (Luke 2). 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.