Bible Artwork
Balaam and the Ass
Balaam and the Ass title QS:P1476,en:"Balaam and the Ass "label QS:Len,"Balaam and the Ass "label QS:Les,"El profeta Balaam y su burra"label QS:Lfr,"L'Ânesse de Balaam"label QS:Leu,"Balaam profeta eta bere astoa"label QS:Lca,"La burra de Balaam"label QS:Lde,"Balaams Esel"label QS:Lpt,"Balaão e a Jumenta"label QS:Lhy,"Բաղաամի ավանակը (նկար)"label QS:Lja,"バラムとロバ"label QS:Lpt-br,"Balaão e a Jumenta"label QS:Lml,"ബിലെയാമും കഴുതയും"label QS:Larz,"بلعام والحمار"label QS:Lpl,"Oślica Balaama"label QS:Lhe,"בלעם ואתונו"label QS:Lnl,"Bileam en zijn ezelin"label QS:Lmk,"Валаам со мазгата"label QS:Lit,"Balaam e la sua asina"label QS:Lsv,"Bileams åsna"label QS:Lhu,"Bálám szamara"label QS:Lru,"Валаамова ослица"
Rembrandt
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1626
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About This Artwork
Rembrandt’s adapted Lastman’s painting of Bileam’s ass: the ass, but also the figure and dress of the barefooted Bileam, the accompanying servants on horseback, the angel and the setting. Rembrandt enhances the oriental features by giving proper turbans to Bileam and his two servants, where Lastman’s Bileam wears only a long headscarf that flutters in the breeze. It was Rembrandt’s first biblical oriental.
Artwork Details
- Artist
- Rembrandt
- Collection
- Biblical Works
- Date
- 1626
- Artwork Type
- Painting
- Primary Figure
- Balaam
- Bible Book
- Numbers
Source and Credit
Source:
Wikimedia Commons
Credit:
Self-photographed Miguel Hermoso Cuesta Taken on 4 August 2013
License:
Public domain
Source Page:
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