# Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem

- By: Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden, 1606–1669)
- Date: 1630
- Medium: panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 58 cm x width 46 cm
- Credit line: Purchased with the support of private collectors, the Vereniging Rembrandt and the Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-3276--8e1adedeb8e339890121dc4228dce95d)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/zQBxS/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The crestfallen Prophet Jeremiah rests his weary, old head on his hand. He laments Jerusalem going up in flames – in the background – whose destruction he had prophesied. Rembrandt heightened the sense of drama with powerful contrasts of light and dark. He derived the prophet’s bearded head from one of the old men he often etched around this time.