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The Angel Appears to Joseph in His Dream
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Shortly after Jesus’s birth, an angel appeared to Joseph in a dream, urging him to flee into Egypt with the Virgin and Child. Fearing the ‘King of the Jews’, the local ruler King Herod ordered all newly born boys to be killed. Rembrandt’s powers of observation are shown to best advantage here. Joseph, with his parted lips and entirely relaxed pose, is clearly sound asleep.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineDe engel verschijnt aan Jozef in zijn droom. c. 1650. Rembrandt van Rijn. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
