Rijksmuseum

Jeremia treurend over de verwoesting van Jeruzalem

Date

1630

Medium

panel, oil paint (paint)

Institution

Rijksmuseum

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.

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