Year 1633 Artist Rembrandt | Created 1633 Media Oil paint | |
Dimensions 160 cm × 128 cm (62.99 in × 50.39 in) Similar Rembrandt artwork, Artwork at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Oil paintings | ||
the storm on the sea of galilee by rembrandt van rijn
The Storm on the Sea of Galilee is a painting from 1633 by the Dutch Golden Age painter Rembrandt van Rijn that was in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, prior to being stolen in 1990. The painting depicts the miracle of Jesus calming the storm on the Sea of Galilee, as depicted in the fourth chapter of the Gospel of Mark in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It is Rembrandt's only seascape.
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The storm on the sea of galilee
Theft
On the morning of March 18, 1990, thieves disguised as police officers broke into the museum and stole The Storm on the Sea of Galilee and 12 other works.Although It is considered the biggest art theft in US history and remains unsolved. The museum still displays the paintings' empty frames in their original locations.
On March 18, 2013, the FBI announced they knew who was responsible for the crime. Criminal analysis has suggested that the heist was committed by an organized crime group. There have been no conclusions made public as the investigation is ongoing.
In popular culture
In The Blacklist episode "Gina Zanetakos (No. 152)" (season 1, episode 6), Raymond Reddington has possession of The Storm on the Sea of Galilee and is arranging its sale to a buyer for the buyer's wedding. In the Complete First Season DVD, it is disc 2, Episode: Gina Zanetakos [No. 152], 5:44-46 and 40:17
The painting is referenced in the movie Trance as a stolen painting by Rembrandt.
The painting is the cover of a book called, Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk by Peter L. Bernstein.
The painting is used as the album artwork for The Struggle, the third studio album by Tenth Avenue North.
The painting makes an appearance in the video game BioShock Infinite, hanging on a wall
In the Venture Brothers villain Phantom Limb is selling the painting to a mafioso who complains that he wanted the Mona Lisa. Limb explains the Rembrandt is not only a better painting but cheaper for the footage, as it is just over double the size.
The painting also is displayed hanging without its frame in Episode 3 of Batman: The Telltale Series in the apartment of Selina Kyle (aka Catwoman).
The painting is displayed in Episode 2/ Season 1 of Iron Fist in the penthouse of the supposedly dead Harold Meachum.