070607_Christs_Resurrection_Rembrandt_1639.txt

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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 1606 – 1669

The Resurrection of Christ
oil on canvas (92 × 67 cm) — ca. 1635/39
Alte Pinakothek, Munich

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn biography

This work is linked to Matthew 28:2

The Bible does not mention the moment of resurrection – a happy hunting-field for artists. Rembrandt paints the moment the guards flee from the angel descending from heaven. 

This work is one of the 5 passion paintings by Rembrandt for the stadtholder Frederik Hendrik. The Raising of the Cross, the Descent from the Cross, the Entombment, the Resurrection, the Ascension.