Amsterdam and was paid high commissions to paint portraits. Rembrandt met a man named Hendrick van Uylenburgh an art dealer in Amsterdam. “Rembrandt became an immediate success in Amsterdam.” (The new Encyclopedia Britannica 1974) Rembrandt then married Hendrick van Uylenburgh’s cousin Saskia van Uylenburgh in June 22, 1634. “His religious works were also in demand, and as early as about 1632 he received a commission from Prince Frederik Hendrik in The Hague to paint five scenes from the Passion of Christ, which was completed in 1939.” (The new Encyclopedia Britannica 1974) In Rembrandt’s painting The Good Samaritan the beaten traveler is seen being lifted into the inn from a horse. In this same painting you can see a grotesque dog squatting down to relieve himself. Rembrandt put this in to make a point. That “A Christian must have Deitmaring 3reverence for all life, even if aspects of it occasionally disgust him.” (Wallace and the Editors of Time-Life Books 1968) And this was Rembrandt’s understanding of Scripture. That if the Creator chose to give life to ugly dogs man should not quarrel with it. The dog has every right to perform it’s natural function, as does “a Prince of Orange.” In a small number of Rembrandt’s painting you will find his face in the crowd or his body watching on. This is rather relevant because it shows that Rembrandt was more concerned of the feeling of the scene he was painting. In all of his paintings you can get a tremendous feel of the scene. For example in the Stoning of St. Stephen, 1625 Rembrandts “head can be seen just above the kneeling saint.” (Wallace and the Editors of Time-Life Books 1968) Rembrandt’s religious and mythological paintings became popular in the mind 1630s because of their high dramatic expressions and “exciting style.” For example “The Abduction of Ganymede” and &#...
