"Here Rembrandt shows us how old Simeon With joy takes his savior into his arms And now wants to die, because the sun of his mercy [represented by beams of light in the drawing, falling onto the infant Jesus.. ..Has shown forth"
— Rembrandt

January 1, 1970

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Original Language: English

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One of Rembrandt's friends, a poet and the rector of the Amsterdam Latin School, Jacobus Heyblocq (1623-1673) assembled a series of literary contributions – as well as an ink drawing by Rembrandt, in a friendship album or album amicorum, dated to 1661. For this occasion Rembrandt offered a small 'Simeon in the Temple' [= 'Simeon's Song of Praise' / 'The Presentation in the Temple', 1661].. ..Heyblocq's 'album amicorum' includes a poem in response to Rembrandt's drawing