Rembrandt's Painting and Its Message: The Storm on the Sea of Galilee

Location: Whereabouts unknown since 1990

Rembrandt van Rijn. The Storm on the Sea of Galilee. Oil on canvas. 160 cm × 128 cm (63.00 in × 50.39 in).

This oil painting from 1633 depicts a biblical scene of Christ’s miracle of calming the storm, as told in the Gospels.

The canvas shows a small fishing boat being tossed among towering waves on the Sea of Galilee, with the disciples looking panicked and…