''Joseph's Dream'' is a 1645 oil-on-canvas painting by
Rembrandt
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (; ; 15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), mononymously known as Rembrandt was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and Drawing, draughtsman. He is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in ...
. It was in the
Königliche Schlöss in Berlin until 1830, when it moved to the city's
Königliche Museum. It is now in the
Gemaldegalerie, Berlin. It portrays
Saint Joseph
According to the canonical Gospels, Joseph (; ) was a 1st-century Jewish man of Nazareth who was married to Mary, the mother of Jesus, and was the legal father of Jesus.
Joseph is venerated as Saint Joseph in the Catholic Church, Eastern O ...
receiving the second of
his dreams, warning him of the
Massacre of the Innocents
The Massacre (or Slaughter) of the Innocents is a story recounted in the Nativity narrative of the Gospel of Matthew ( 2:16– 18) in which Herod the Great, king of Judea, orders the execution of all male children who are two years old and u ...
(
Matthew 2: 13–15).
See also
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''Joseph's Dream'' (Crespi), c. 1620s painting
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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
* ...
References
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Paintings based on the Gospels
1645 paintings
Paintings in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
Paintings by Rembrandt
Angels in art
Paintings of the Virgin Mary
Rembrandt
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (; ; 15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), mononymously known as Rembrandt was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and Drawing, draughtsman. He is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in ...
Oil on canvas paintings
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