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Rembrandt van Rijn, Bust of a Young Bearded Man (detail), about 1656–58, oil on panel

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston · Fenway

Reality and Imagination: Rembrandt and the Jews in the Dutch Republic

Now showing15 December 2025 – 29 November 2026·$30

Jews as patrons, collectors and subjects in 17th-century Amsterdam, where Rembrandt lived in the heart of the Jewish district and drew commissions from his neighbours.

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Michal Rovner, Esther Scroll — The Kingdom, on view at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Michal Rovner: Esther Scrolls

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Key image for The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Michal Rovner's Untitled/Night, 2016 — a jackal with glowing eyes — on the Anne H. Fitzpatrick Facade of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Michal Rovner: Untitled/Night, 2016

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

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