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The Good Samaritan

Rembrandt1633

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

The figure of a nude Israelite is seen being helped from a horse, held by a small boy, before the door of an inn. At the door, the turbaned figure of the Samaritan is paying and instructing the inn-keeper. A dog squats in the right foreground.

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Title: The Good Samaritan
Creator: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Dutch, 1606–1669
Date Created: 1633
Location Created: Netherlands
Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
Medium: Etching on cream laid paper
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Leo Wallerstein

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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