''The Storm on the Sea of Galilee'' is a 1633 oil-on-canvas painting by the

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painter

Rembrandt van Rijn Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (, ; 15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), usually simply known as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker and draughtsman. An innovative and prolific master in three media, he is generally consid ...

. It was previously in the

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but was stolen in 1990 and remains missing. The painting depicts the biblical story of Jesus calming the storm on the

Sea of Galilee The Sea of Galilee ( he, יָם כִּנֶּרֶת, Judeo-Aramaic: יַמּא דטבריא, גִּנֵּיסַר, ar, بحيرة طبريا), also called Lake Tiberias, Kinneret or Kinnereth, is a freshwater lake in Israel. It is the lowest ...

, specifically as it is described in the fourth chapter of the

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. It is Rembrandt's only

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Description

The painting, in vertical format, shows a close-up view of Christ's disciples struggling frantically against the heavy storm to regain control of their fishing boat. A huge wave beats the bow and rips the sail. One of the disciples is seen vomiting over the side. Another one, looking directly out at the viewer, is a self-portrait of the artist. Only Christ, depicted on the right, remains calm. The close-up treatment of the subject and the overall composition go back to the print made by

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after a design by the Flemish artist

Maerten de Vos Maerten de Vos, Maerten de Vos the Elder or Marten de Vos (1532 – 4 December 1603)Maerten de Vos
at the

. That print depicting ''The storm on the sea of Galilei'' was plate 8 in the 12-part ''Vita, passio et Resvrrectio Iesv Christ'' which was published by Jan and Raphael Sadeler in Antwerp in 1583. Rembrandt's painting follows the portrait format in his composition and also depicts the boat in a forward tilting position. Like in the print, most of the space of the work is taken up by the main motif, which is the disciples on the boat struggling against the elements.G. Unverfehrt, ''Christus und die Jünger im Seesturm''
at Sammlungen der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Theft

On the morning of March 18, 1990, two thieves disguised as police officers broke into the museum and stole ''The Storm on the Sea of Galilee'' and 12 other works in what is considered to be the biggest

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in U.S. history. The heist remains unsolved. On March 18, 2013, the

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announced that they knew who was responsible for the crime.

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