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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn: Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph

🖼 Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph, 1656
Oil on canvas
Berlin, Germany

An elderly patriarch crosses his arms to bless two kneeling youths in warm, dramatic chiaroscuro. The composition captures a biblical covenant moment through intimate gesture and masterful light-shadow contrasts.

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