Simeon's Song of Praise (1669)
Left unfinished at Rembrandt's death. The blind old priest cradles the Child in the dark: 'Now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace.' Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.
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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.