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Judas Repentant, Returning the Pieces of Silver
Rembrandt
A dramatic and emotionally charged masterpiece of light and shadow from Rembrandt’s early career.
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Scholarly, moody, and old-world works with gravity.
Moody palettes, old-world formality, and scholarly subjects give this style its literary charm and quiet intensity.
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Two Tax Collectors
Unknown Artist
A strikingly detailed 16th-century Northern Renaissance scene of two figures counting coins and recording accounts with intense, expressive focus.
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Anna and the Blind Tobit
Gerrit Dou
A masterful Dutch Golden Age interior capturing a quiet, atmospheric moment of domesticity and reflection.
Contains disturbing content
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The Rich Man being led to Hell
David Teniers the Younger
A dramatic 17th-century Flemish scene depicting a robed figure surrounded by whimsical yet eerie demons in a torch-lit underworld.
Contains disturbing content
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Saul's Anger at David
Jan Adriaensz van Staveren
A dramatic 17th-century Dutch depiction of biblical conflict, characterized by deep shadows and theatrical chiaroscuro.
Contains nudity
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The Village Surgeon
Gerrit Lundens
An evocative and dramatic 17th-century Dutch genre scene capturing the raw intensity of a village medical procedure.