The Jewish Bride by Rembrandt (Interpretation and Analysis)
The Jewish Bride Source: Wikimedia Commons Today, I want to continue the discussion of Dutch Golden Age art that I started yesterday with an artist that nearly everyone has heard of: Rembrandt van Rijn. Though his name has become synonymous with art, many people are not very familiar with his actual work. To my mind, his work can be best characterized as Baroque. It is dark (in terms of color) and is characterized by a certain eccentric, brushy style that is particular to Rembrandt. His paintings are energetic and expressive, undoubtably the qualities that originally made them precious to collectors of art. Rembrandt is known for his portraits and self portrait; however, one of his most famous portraits is also his most enigmatic. For decades, art historians have debated the subject of The Jewish Bride . According to my research , the painting obtained its title in the nineteenth century when a collector described it as a Jewish father embracing his daughter on her wedding day. Althoug...