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.

Balaam and the Ass

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

References

Balaam's Donkey (Numbers 22:21-34)

Bibliography

Steven M. Nadler: Rembrandt's Jews, University of Chicago Press, 2003 ISBN 0226567370
http://www.museecognacqjay.paris.fr/en/la-collection/ass-prophet-balaam

Rembrandt
Lists of drawings, etchings, paintings, self-portraits
Paintings	The Senses (1624–25) The Stoning of Saint Stephen (1625) Suffer little children to come unto me (1620s) History Painting (1626) Balaam and the Ass (1626) The Baptism of the Eunuch (1626) Bust of a Man Wearing a Gorget and Plumed Beret (1626) The Flight into Egypt (1627) The Parable of the Rich Fool (1627) The Artist in his Studio (1628) Self-portrait with dishevelled hair (1628) Self-Portrait (1629) Samson and Delilah (1629–30) The Raising of Lazarus (c. 1630–1632) Andromeda Chained to the Rocks (1631) The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp (1631) Christ with a Staff (1631) Christ on the Cross (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 (1632) Portrait of a Woman (1632) Aeltje Pietersdr Uylenburgh (1632) Portrait of a Man Rising from His Chair (1633) Oval Portrait of a Woman (1633) The Shipbuilder and his Wife The Storm on the Sea of Galilee (1633) ² A Lady and Gentleman in Black (1633) Descent from the Cross (1633) Portrait of Marten Soolmans (1634) Portrait of Oopjen Coppit (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) Minerva (1635) The Prodigal Son in the Brothel (c. 1635) Portrait of Petronella Buys (1635) The Abduction of Ganymede (1635) The Entombment of Christ (1635) Samson Threatening His Father-In-Law (1635) Danaë (1636) The Blinding of Samson (1636) The Archangel Raphael Leaving Tobias' Family (1637) A Polish Nobleman (1637) The Stone Bridge (1637) The Wedding Feast of Samson (1638) Landscape with the Good Samaritan (1638) Portrait of Maria Trip (1639) Still Life with Peacocks (c. 1639) Self-portrait at the age of 34 (1640) The Girl in a Picture Frame (1641) The Night Watch (1642) Concord of the State (1642) Boaz and Ruth (1643) The Woman Taken in Adultery (1644) Joseph's Dream (1645) The Holy Family with Angels (1645) The Mill (1645–1648) Abraham Serving the Three Angels (1646) Susanna and the Elders (1647) Head of Christ (1648) The Kitchen Maid (1651) Descent from the Cross (1650–1652) Self-Portrait (1652) Saul and David (c. 1652) ¹ Aristotle with a Bust of Homer (1653) A Woman Bathing in a Stream (1654) Bathsheba at Her Bath (1654) Virgin and Child with a Cat (1654) Portrait of Jan Six (1654) Self-Portrait in a Black Beret and Gold Chain (1654) The Polish Rider (1655) ¹ Slaughtered Ox (1655) Pallas Athene (c. 1655) The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Deijman (1656) Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph (1656) Courtesan at her Mirror (1657) Portrait of Catharina Hooghsaet (1657) Portrait of a Man (1657) Portrait of a Man with Arms Akimbo (1658) Self-Portrait (1658) Moses Breaking the Tablets of the Law (1659) Self-Portrait with Beret and Turned-Up Collar (1659) Self-Portrait (1660) Ahasuerus and Haman at the Feast of Esther (1660) The Denial of Saint Peter (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 (c. 1662) Self-Portrait as Zeuxis Laughing (1662) Syndics of the Drapers' Guild (1662) Homer Dictating his Verses (1663) The Jewish Bride (1664) Lucretia (1664) ¹ David and Uriah (c. 1665) Young Woman with a Lapdog (1665) Lucretia (1666) Self-Portrait with Two Circles (1665–1669) Portrait of Gerard de Lairesse (1665–1667) The Return of the Prodigal Son (1662–1669) Self-Portrait (c. 1669) Self-Portrait at the Age of 63 (1669)
Drawings, prints, and etchings	Joseph and Potiphar's Wife (1634) The Artist and his Model (1639) The Death of the Virgin (1639) The Mill (1641) The Three Trees (1643) The State Bed (1646) Portrait of Jan Six (1647) Hundred Guilder Print (1647–1649) Conus Marmoreus (1650) Goldweigher's Field (1651) Doctor Fautrieus (1652) Descent from the Cross by Torchlight (1652) The Three Crosses (1653) Virgin and Child with a Cat (1654) Christ Presented to the People (1655)
General topics	Dutch Golden Age painting Dutch School (painting) Netherlandish art Netherlandish Baroque art Flemish Baroque art Art of the Dutch Golden Age Rembrandt lighting Tronie Naturalism (art) Old master print Utrecht Caravaggism Caravaggisti Chiaroscuro Etching revival
Rembrandt studies	Connoisseurs and scholars Rembrandt Research Project Rembrandt catalogues raisonnés 1908 1935 1968 1986
Related people	Pupils and followers Saskia van Uylenburgh (wife, model) Titus van Rijn (son, model) Geertje Dircx (mistress, model) Hendrickje Stoffels (mistress, model) Jacob Isaacsz. van Swanenburg (teacher) Pieter Lastman (teacher) Jan Lievens (colleague and friend) Hendrick van Uylenburgh (art dealer, patron) Jan Six (art collector, patron) Henry Clay Frick (art collector) Thomas Kaplan (art collector)
Notable collections and exhibitions	Rembrandt House Museum Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Mauritshuis Kupferstichkabinett Berlin British Museum Metropolitan Museum of Art Frick Collection Rembrandt in Southern California (2008 virtual exhibition)
Works about	Bibliography of Rembrandt Cultural depictions of Rembrandt Rembrandt (1936 film) Rembrandt (1940 film) Rembrandt (1942 film) Rembrandt: A Self-Portrait (1954 documentary film) Rembrandt fecit 1669 (1977 film) The Anatomy Lesson (1995 novel) Rembrandt (1999 film) Stealing Rembrandt (2003 film) Nightwatching (2007 film ) Rembrandt's J'Accuse (2008 documentary) I Am Rembrandt's Daughter (2008 novel) The Rembrandt Affair (2010 novel)
Named after	Rembrandt, Iowa Rembrandtplein Rembrandtpark Rembrandt (crater) Rembrandt (train)
¹ Contested ² Stolen in 1990

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