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

Franciscan Monk Reading

1661
Oil on canvas, 82 x 66 cm
Sinebrychoff Art Museum, Helsinki

Catalogue number: Bredius 307.

Rembrandt was surrounded by Catholics, and the explicit and dignified depiction of Catholic monks attest to a respect for them.