Rembrandt Harmenszoon Van Rijn
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Steven Nadler, Rembrandt Harmenszoon Van Rijn
There is a popular and romantic myth about Rembrandt and the Jewish people. One of history’s greatest artists, we are often told, had a special affinity for Judaism. With so many of Rembrandt’s works devoted to stories of the Hebrew Bible, and with his apparent penchant for Jewish themes and the sympathetic portrayal of Jewish faces, it is no wonder that the myth has endured for centuries.
Rembrandt’s Jews puts this myth to the test as it examines both the legend and the reality of Rembrandt’s relationship to Jews and Judaism. In his elegantly written and…
