Isaac and Rebecca, Known as ‘The Jewish Bride’
Also titled Isaak en Rebekka, bekend als ‘Het Joodse bruidje’
Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden, 1606–1669)
c. 1665 - c. 1669
- Medium
- linen (material), oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 121.5 cm x width 166.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- On loan from the City of Amsterdam (A. van der Hoop Bequest)
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
To prevent being killed and having his wife captured by King Abimelech, Isaac concealed his love for Rebecca by pretending they were brother and sister. However, their intimacy betrayed them when they thought they were not being spied on. Rembrandt depicts them in a tender moment. Furthermore, he works with exceptional freedom, applies the paint thickly, and scratches into it with the butt end of his paintbrush.
