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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn: Rembrandt and Saskia in the Scene of the Prodigal Son in the Tavern

🖼 Rembrandt and Saskia in the Scene of the Prodigal Son in the Tavern, c. 1635
Oil on canvas
161 × 131 cm
Dresden, Germany

A richly dressed couple sits at a tavern table amid revelers, rendered in warm golden light with dramatic chiaroscuro typical of Dutch Golden Age painting. The artist inserts himself and his wife into a biblical parable, merging personal portraiture with moral narrative in an innovative act of self-aggrandizement.

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