1650
oil
canvas
From the collection of Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Joseph's Dream (Studio of Rembrandt, 1650-1655) is a 1650 oil by Rembrandt, a Dutch Golden Age work, held at Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest.
The painting depicts a man and a woman in a dark room, with the man sitting on a bed and the woman kneeling beside him. The man is wearing a hat and has a beard, while the woman has long hair and is dressed in a dark robe. The scene is lit by a single light source, which casts a warm glow on the figures. The background is dark and indistinct, with no visible details or objects. The overall mood of the painting is one of quiet contemplation, with the figures lost in thought. This painting is reminiscent of the work of Rembrandt, who was known for his use of chiaroscuro and his ability to capture the subtleties of human emotion.
Joseph's Dream is a 1650–1655 oil on canvas painting by Barent Fabritius and other artists in Rembrandt's studio. It is now in the Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest), which purchased it in 1885 from Alois Hauser the Elder's collection in Munich. It had previously been auctioned in Amsterdam in 1755. It shows Saint Joseph receiving the second of his dreams warning him of the Massacre of the Innocents (Matthew 2: 13-15). A pen sketch for the painting's composition by Rembrandt himself is now in the Kupferstichkabinett Berlin. The Rembrandt catalog raisonné of 1908 accepted the painting as an…
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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), known mononymously as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and draughtsman.
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