Rijksmuseum

Christ and the Woman of Samaria

Date

1634

Medium

paper

Institution

Rijksmuseum

While travelling through Samaria, Christ halted at Jacob’s well. At the time, Samaritans were hostile towards Jews. Still, the Samaritan woman, whom he met at the well, had heard of the Messiah and that he was called Christ. ‘I am he,’ Jesus revealed to her. Rembrandt emphasizes the antiquity of the well by situating it before ruins.

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