The Prophet Jeremiah, Rembrandt
The Prophet Jeremiah, MichelangeloI came across these paintings when studying for an overview of the Books of Jeremiah and Lamentations (titled "The Tears of Jeremiah" in the Septuagint) this week. The more I studied and felt the pain of the "Weeping Prophet", the more I was impacted by these paintings and felt that if a painting could capture a person you had only read about, these masters were spot on.
As a side note, it reminds me of what Père Marie-Alain Couturier, a friar who designed stained glass windows, said about Christian art: "It is safer to turn to geniuses without faith than to believers without talent". Kinda funny.
