But as the journalism we do is costly, we invite readers for whom The Times of Israel has become important to help support our work by joining The Times of Israel Community. I think that Rembrandt was one of them, and the light in his pictures is the very light that was originally created by God Almighty.â. The artist made extensive use of local Amsterdam Jews as subjects for his Holy Land paintings and depictions of Jewish weddings. In his 40-year career he left behind a varied body of work, from biblical subjects to domestic scenes and self-portraits. At least 60 of his paintings on Biblical themes run the gamut from Old Testament figures like Moses, Samson and Esther, all the way to New Testament scenes depicting the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. “I’m still wildly obsessed, more than ever,” said Anthony Amore, the chief of security of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston in a 2019 interview with, . “Christ in the storm on the Sea of Galilee”, 1633, Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 -69), Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum, Boston (Stolen in 1990 and still missing) You can see this picture in higher resolution on the Gardener Museum website at During his years in London, Rabbi Kook frequently visited the National Gallery and meditated on Rembrandtâs works there. I could talk for an hour about that painting.â. 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Like other Rembrandt scenes from the Holy Land, the master worked a small self-portrait onto the canvas, right in the tempest-tossed boat with the apostles and Jesus. Dispiriting, yes, but thereâs a path out of this morass, Effi Eitam is a deplorable choice to head Yad Vashem, The former lawmaker has espoused views about Arabs that violate the spirit of the World Holocaust Remembrance Centerâs mission, He lost his mom but survived the virus. The Gardnerâs time had come.â. âWe just want to bring these treasures back home where they belong.â. Unlike other news outlets, we havenât put up a paywall. The painting was on display at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum [Boston] during the theft and to honour the work of Rembrandt, the museum still displays … Early in the morning of March 18, 1990, two thieves disguised as police officers robbed the museum of thirteen works worth some $500 million - the greatest known property theft in history. So now we have a request. This dramatic illustration, “The Storm on the Sea of Galilee”, is painted by the Dutch Golden Age master Rembrandt. As a Jew, I yearned to come. Today, despite 30,000 leads, the mystery of the Isabella Stewart Gardner theft remains unsolved. Twenty-three years later, empty frames still hang in the museumâs Dutch Room gallery, including one for Rembrandtâs five-foot-tall depiction of Jesus calming a stormy Sea of Galilee. (Boston: ISGM and Beacon Press, 2003): 145, COVID-19 UPDATE | CUSTOM PRINTS ORDERS ARE PROCESSING AND SHIPPING NORMALLY |, "I suppose the picture-habit (which I seem to have) is as bad as the morphine or whiskey one...", Book of Hours: The Flight into Egypt, 1490-1515, The Madman Makes the Party, and the Wise Man Enjoys It, 18th century, Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew, about 1430, The Crucifixion, with Saints, about 1353-1414, Christ Disputing in the Temple, about 1450-1459, Virgin and Child before a Curtained Landscape, about 1505-1515. Added Kelly, “It would have been great if someone [came in] and said, âIâve seen one of those paintings, itâs in my basement right now.ââ Unfortunately, that hasn’t happened yet. This symbolizes the fact that those who have faith in Christ share his light and can be calm even during a brutal storm. “I constantly think about those paintings.”. 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Rembrandt based his 1633 âStormâ on a passage from the New Testamentâs Gospel of Mark, in which Jesus calms a âfurious squallâ on the Sea of Galilee with the words, âQuiet! Does The Times of Israel give you valuable insight into Israel and the Jewish world? âI really think that Rembrandt was a Tzadik,â Rabbi Kook once told the writer Avram Melnikoff, using the exalted Hebrew term for a righteous person.