Pieter Lastman, The Resurrection, 1612
And his countenance was as lightning, and his raiment as snow. And for fear of him the guards were struck with terror, and became as dead men
Famous as the teacher of Rembrandt, Pieter Lastman brought a direct, emotional conviction to religious themes in his native Amsterdam in the early 1600s. In The Resurrection, Lastman emphasized the expressive power of the miracle taking place, contrasting divine light with the doom of the unredeemed.