Rembrandt painting of Christ illuminated, in a white robe, sitting in the midst of two people and an angel

Divine Encounter: Rembrandt’s Abraham and the Angels

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In 1646, on a panel fewer than nine inches wide, Rembrandt van Rijn produced one of his most captivating images. In private hands and publicly exhibited only a handful of times, this extraordinary painting, Abraham Entertaining the Angels, is among the artist’s lesser-known masterpieces and it is the inspiration for Divine Encounter. The painting is presented alongside a selection of Rembrandt’s treatments of other biblical episodes in which Abraham encounters God and his angels. These are examined as a group, compared with versions by Rembrandt’s contemporaries, and considered in relation to theological, philosophical and artistic debates of the period. 

Hardcover, 8 × 7 in., 72 pages, 31 color illustrations

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Author:
Joanna Sheers Seidenstein
Publisher:
The Frick Collection in association with D Giles Limited
ISBN:
9781911282037