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From the collection of Rijksmuseum
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From the collection of Rijksmuseum
You see a sleeping baby Jesus in a dark room, his grandmother’s shadow looming tall behind him while his mother reads by candlelight. This quiet scene was painted in Rembrandt’s studio in the 1640s, but not by him. The strong light-and-shadow effect is his trademark, yet the brushwork feels softer, less sure—probably done by one of his students copying his style. Look up *chiaroscuro* to see how Rembrandt and others used light and dark this way.
