The Jewish Bride, Rembrandt van Rijn
Rembrandt van Rijn·The Jewish Bride·c. 1665–69·Oil on canvas·Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam↓

Rembrandt van Rijn Dutch, 1606 – 1669

The Jewish Bride, c. 1665–69

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A man rests his hand on a young woman's breast and she touches it lightly with her own, both dressed in glowing red and gold. Who they are is uncertain: the 19th-century title is now rejected, and they may be a couple portrayed as the biblical Isaac and Rebecca, a reading supported by an earlier Rembrandt drawing. It dates from his last years.

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The man's golden sleeve is built up in thick, sculpted ridges of paint, some of it laid on with a palette knife.

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