The Baptism of the Eunuch

Rembrandt's The Baptism of the Eunuch shows a group of travelers and attendants gathered around a central moment of baptism: a tall bearded man in a fur-lined robe stands before a kneeling dark-skinned man, extending a gesture toward him. A woman in a blue dress holds an open book, while others stand or sit on a wagon behind them, with a horse and a driver nearby and a palm tree in the left background. The scene is rendered with Rembrandt's characteristic chiaroscuro and rich, warm colors—ochre, pinks, blues, and greens—creating tactile textures in fur, fabric, and skin and a structured, diagonal composition that centers the narrative focus.