''Boaz'' and ''Ruth'' are a pair of paintings by
Rembrandt dated to 1643 and thought to represent the painter and his wife as the biblical characters
Boaz
Boaz (; Hebrew: בֹּעַז ''Bōʿaz''; ) is a biblical figure appearing in the Book of Ruth in the Hebrew Bible and in the genealogies of Jesus in the New Testament and also the name of a pillar in the portico of the historic Temple in J ...
and
Ruth
Ruth (or its variants) may refer to:
Places
France
* Château de Ruthie, castle in the commune of Aussurucq in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of France
Switzerland
* Ruth, a hamlet in Cologny
United States
* Ruth, Alabama
* Ruth, Ar ...
.
''Ruth'' is in the possession of the Berlin
Gemäldegalerie. ''Boaz'', however, is in the collection at
Woburn Abbey
Woburn Abbey (), occupying the east of the village of Woburn, Bedfordshire, England, is a country house, the family seat of the Duke of Bedford. Although it is still a family home to the current duke, it is open on specified days to visitors, ...
where it was hung high on a wall and only identified as a Rembrandt in 2012.
'The Old Rabbi' Authenticated as a Rembrandt - NYTimes.com
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See also
* List of paintings by Rembrandt
The following is a list of paintings by Rembrandt that are accepted as autograph by the Rembrandt Research Project. For other catalogues raisonnés of Rembrandt, see the "Rembrandt" navigation box below.
See also
*List of etchings by Rembrandt
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References
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1643 paintings
Paintings by Rembrandt
Self-portraits
Paintings in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
Paintings in the East of England
Paintings depicting Hebrew Bible people
Book of Ruth