Jeremiah Destruction of Jerusalem - the prophet sadness

The picture, which came from the Dutch artist, painted from over the Rhine, dated and signed by the master for the year one thousand six hundred thirty. This wonderful image is currently in the Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam). It represents the prophet Jeremiah, who seems to be a very sad and burning of Jerusalem that led to the king Nebuchadnezzar. The face has the features of the prophet Jeremiah, the father of Rembrandt, Harman van Rijn. The father died shortly after the artist of this work. This, however, whether this is certainly the father of Rembrandt we cannot be sure. on the image based on the hand on a table and looked sadly into the ground. There seems to be full of sorrow rock and. Beside him on the table shine some gold treasures in dedicated. You can see that the artist gave the order to the small details. For we see an old red Lune may be ruins left over Jerusalem and the rest of the image mysterious darkness. It looks a bit like a big old point reflector with yellowish light.