The Storm on the Sea of Galilee

The Storm on the Sea of Galilee
ArtistRembrandt van Rijn
Year1633
MediumOil canvas
MovementDutch Golden Age painting
Dimensions160 cm × 128 cm (63.00 in × 50.39 in)
LocationWhereabouts unknown since 1990

Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee is a 1633 oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Rembrandt van Rijn. It is classified as a history painting and is among the largest and earliest of Rembrandt's works. It was purchased by Bernard Berenson for Isabella Stewart Gardner in 1869 and was displayed at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston before its theft in 1990; it remains missing. The painting depicts the biblical event in which Jesus calmed the storm on the Sea of Galilee, as is described in the fourth chapter of the Gospel of Mark.[1] It is Rembrandt's only seascape.[2]

Storm op het Meer van Galilea Leven van Christus, print by Adriaen Collaert after a design by Maerten de Vos
  1. ^ "Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee 1633". Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. May 21, 2013.
  2. ^ Robert M. Poole (July 2005). "Ripped from the Walls (and the Headlines)". Smithsonian. Archived from the original on 2013-06-16.