Balaam and the Ass

Balaam and the Ass is a 1626 painting by the Dutch artist Rembrandt, dating from his time in Leiden and now in the Musée Cognacq-Jay in Paris.

It portrays the biblical account of the talking ass debating with diviner Balaam.

References

Bibliography

Steven M. Nadler: Rembrandt's Jews, University of Chicago Press, 2003 ISBN 0226567370

Rembrandt

Paintings	The Raising of Lazarus The Stoning of Saint Stephen (1625) History Painting (1626) Balaam and the Ass (1626) The Baptism of the Eunuch (1626) The Artist in his Studio (1628) Self-Portrait (1629) Andromeda Chained to the Rocks (1631) The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp (1631) Old Man with a Gold Chain (c. 1631) Jacob de Gheyn III (1632) Philosopher in Meditation (1632) The Abduction of Europa (1632) Portrait of a Man Rising from His Chair (1633) The Storm on the Sea of Galilee (1633) Descent from the Cross (1633) Joseph and Potiphar's Wife (1634) Diana Bathing with her Nymphs with Actaeon and Callisto (1634) Flora (1634) Artemisia (1634) Pendant portraits of Maerten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit (1634) Descent from the Cross (1634) Self-portrait wearing a white feathered bonnet (1635) Belshazzar's Feast (1635) The Prodigal Son in the Brothel (c. 1635) Danaë (1636) The Blinding of Samson (1636) A Polish Nobleman (1637) The Night Watch (1642) Boaz and Ruth (1643) The Woman Taken in Adultery (1644) The Mill (1645–48) The Holy Family with Angels (1645) Susanna and the Elders (1647) Head of Christ (1648) Hundred Guilder Print (1649) The Kitchen Maid (1651) Descent from the Cross (1650–52) Self-portrait (1652) Aristotle with a Bust of Homer (1653) Bathsheba at Her Bath (1654) Virgin and Child with a Cat (1654) Portrait of Jan Six (1654) The Polish Rider (1655) The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Deijman (1656) Portrait of Catharina Hooghsaet (1657) Portrait of a Foreign Admiral (1658) Self-portrait (1658) Moses Breaking the Tablets of the Law (1659) Self-Portrait with Beret and Turned-Up Collar (1659) Self-portrait (1660) The Three Crosses (1660) Ahasuerus and Haman at the Feast of Esther (1660) The Denial of Saint Peter (Rembrandt) (1660) Titus as a Monk (1660) The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis (1661) St. Matthew and the Angel (1661) Self-portrait as the Apostle Paul (1662) Portrait of Dirck van Os (circa 1662) Self-portrait as Zeuxis Laughing (1662) Syndics of the Drapers' Guild (1662) The Jewish Bride (1664) Self-Portrait with Two Circles (1665–69) The Return of the Prodigal Son (1662–69)

Etchings	Goldweigher's Field Hundred Guilder Print Joseph and Potiphar's Wife (etching) The Three Crosses Virgin and Child with a Cat

Catalogs raisonné:	1908 1935 1968 1986 2014

Other:	Drawings Rembrandt lighting

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