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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn: Homer reciting to a scribe

🖼 Homer reciting to a scribe, c. 1660
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown ink, white heightening
145 × 167 cm
Stockholm, Sweden

An elderly bearded man recites verses to a seated scribe in warm, golden light, rendered through loose brushwork and dramatic chiaroscuro. The work celebrates intellectual legacy and the transmission of classical knowledge, positioning Homer as timeless inspiration for 17th-century Dutch humanists.

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