Storm On The Sea Of Galilee Analysis
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, the Dutch painting marvel, always took interest in portraying landscapes, self-portraits and portraits of other artists. His landscape depictions were never purely about the aesthetics of Nature, but predicted many things about human life like strife, anger, hope, desire, etc. The Storm on the Sea of Galilee or “Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee” is such masterpiece depicting the Biblical scene of Jesus and the disciples crossing the sea when there is a raging storm.
The painting was complete in the year 1633 and Rembrandt took the maritime theme of the painting to ensure that the theme will be familiar to the people of the age and time. As an effort to establish himself as an artist, he took this subject …show more content…
Each disciple is found with different emotions and one can find empathy, hopelessness, desperation, fear, anxiety, loss, agony, doubt, etc. Amidst such weakening emotions Christ appears serene and aware of the things to do so that he could save his disciples out of such anguishing times.
The painting could be related immediately by those who experienced the horrific treatment of the sea. This made the Storm on the Sea of Galilee a drama identical to everyone who were sailing the seas out of many reasons. Through the painting Rembrandt could present the sacred Biblical story of the Christ and his disciples, and was able to relate to people who are aware of the nature of the sea.
Unfortunately, the Storm on the Sea of Galilee was stolen in the year 1990 along with 12 other artworks. The painting was in display at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum [Boston] during the theft and to honour the work of Rembrandt, the museum still displays an empty frame which carried the painting. The search is still going to find the piece and hopefully the biggest & costliest art theft in the US will be cracked down by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the artworks are restored to their original
The painting was complete in the year 1633 and Rembrandt took the maritime theme of the painting to ensure that the theme will be familiar to the people of the age and time. As an effort to establish himself as an artist, he took this subject …show more content…
Each disciple is found with different emotions and one can find empathy, hopelessness, desperation, fear, anxiety, loss, agony, doubt, etc. Amidst such weakening emotions Christ appears serene and aware of the things to do so that he could save his disciples out of such anguishing times.
The painting could be related immediately by those who experienced the horrific treatment of the sea. This made the Storm on the Sea of Galilee a drama identical to everyone who were sailing the seas out of many reasons. Through the painting Rembrandt could present the sacred Biblical story of the Christ and his disciples, and was able to relate to people who are aware of the nature of the sea.
Unfortunately, the Storm on the Sea of Galilee was stolen in the year 1990 along with 12 other artworks. The painting was in display at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum [Boston] during the theft and to honour the work of Rembrandt, the museum still displays an empty frame which carried the painting. The search is still going to find the piece and hopefully the biggest & costliest art theft in the US will be cracked down by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the artworks are restored to their original