REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn
(b. 1606, Leiden, d. 1669, Amsterdam)

Christ and the Woman of Samaria

1659
Oil on oak, 48 x 41 cm
Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Catalogue number: Bredius 588.

This painting shows the meeting at Jacob's well and Christ's request for water. As if observed first hand, almost shocking in its documentary immediacy, Rembrandt's scene is among the most effective renderings of the dramatic dialog.