Which 1669 painting by Rembrandt is also known as The Jewish Bride?

Rembrandt’s 1669 painting also known as The Jewish Bride is Isaac and Rebecca.

The work depicts a man and woman in an intimate embrace, with the man placing a hand gently on the woman’s shoulder. Its modern nickname, The Jewish Bride, comes from an eighteenth-century story that identified the couple as a Jewish bride and groom, although that identification is not certain.

The biblical title Isaac and Rebecca connects the scene with a passage in Genesis, but the painting does not include clear attributes that definitively establish the subjects. The painting’s emotional restraint, rich red and gold tones, and thickly handled paint have made it one of Rembrandt’s most admired late works.

It is held by the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Visitors and quiz writers sometimes treat The Jewish Bride as the official title, but Isaac and Rebecca is the title used in many art-historical references and museum contexts.