Episode 48 - Rembrandt

Giants of the Faith - A Christian History Podcast

When I started this podcast I had a list of people I might be interested in featuring but Rembrandt was nowhere on the list. I knew who he was, of course, and seen his work in school Humanities and Art classes but I didn't understand or appreciate his work from the perspective of a Christian artist. It was Francis Schaeffer's How Should We Then Live? That put him on my radar and I'm glad he did. Like Roy Rogers and Handel that I've profiled before, Rembrandt serves as a reminder that Christians can serve God in whatever their profession or calling and that glorifying Him and advancing His Kingdom are not limited to theologians, pastors, and missionaries.
RESOURCES

Christian Today: https://www.christiantoday.com/article/rembrandt.and.the.bible/136244.htm

Christianity Today: https://www.christianitytoday.com/history/people/musiciansartistsandwriters/rembrandt-harmensz-van-rijn.html

Mercer University Press: https://merceruniversitypress.wordpress.com/2014/07/15/rembrandt-as-christian-artist/

Rembrandtpainting.net: http://www.rembrandtpainting.net/rembrandt_life_and_work.htm

National Gallery of Art: https://www.nga.gov/press/exh/0168.html

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_paintings_by_Rembrandt