Christ Our Light: Praying with Rembrandt's Etchings of the Life of Christ

by Anne Margot Boyd and Rembrandt

Fifteen etchings from the life of Christ by the incomparable Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-69), with a commentary highlighting each scene's religious significance. When Rembrandt was a young artist in 17th-century Holland, paintings and statues had been removed from Protestant churches. But people still desired to see Jesus. They wanted pictures of the life of Christ in their Bibles and prayer books and to hang on their walls at home. Rembrandt was working...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826417566
• ISBN13: 9780826417565
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.2" x 6.2"