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Painting by Rembrandt
The Parable of the Rich Fool, also known as The Money Changer,[1] is an oil painting on canvas of 1627 by Rembrandt, now in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin.[2] Produced early in the artist's career, it depicts the eponymous Biblical parable. The model for the figure is said to have been Rembrandt's father.[1]
Related works
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Gerrit van Honthorst's Old Woman Studying a Coin, 1623–1624, a possible inspiration for the work
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Matthias Stom's Old Woman by Candlelight, 1630–1640, with many similar elements
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Hendrick Bloemaert's, Woman Selling Eggs, 1632, a comparable composition
See also
References
- ^ a b Wallace, Robert (1968). The World of Rembrandt: 1606–1669. New York: Time-Life Books. p. 38.
- ^ "Der Geldwechsler". Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Berlin State Museums). Retrieved 2024-04-23.
Further reading
- Gary Schwartz, Rembrandt, zijn leven, zijn schilderijen, Atrium, Alphen a/d Rijn, 1984.
External links
- Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- Rembrandt and the Parable of the Rich Fool of Luke 12:16-20 (Part 3) — post about the painting, on the blog A Chorus of Voices: The Reception History of the Parables
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