Divine Encounter: Rembrandt's Abraham and the Angels

by Joanna Sheers Seidenstein

Book Overview

In 1646, on a panel fewer than nine inches wide, Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) produced one of his most captivating images. In private hands and publicly exhibited only a handful of times, this extraordinary painting, Abraham Entertaining the Angels , is among the artist's lesser-known masterpieces and it is the inspiration for Divine Encounter . Rembrandt took an unusual and dramatic approach to Biblical subjects. He made use of the viewer's knowledge...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1911282034
• ISBN13: 9781911282037
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Giles
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.2" x 8.3"