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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn: Christ and the Woman of Samaria

🖼 Christ and the Woman of Samaria, 1659
Oil on oak
48 × 41 cm
Berlin, Germany

A woman approaches a well in ochre and shadow while Christ sits in luminous golden light, their encounter rendered through Rembrandt's masterful chiaroscuro. The intimate biblical scene emphasizes spiritual communion over narrative drama, revolutionizing how religious subjects conveyed emotional depth.

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