''Boaz'' and ''Ruth'' are a pair of paintings by

Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (; ; 15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), mononymously known as Rembrandt was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and Drawing, draughtsman. He is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in ...

dated to 1643 and thought to represent the painter and his wife as the biblical characters

Boaz Boaz (; Hebrew: בֹּעַז ''Bōʿaz''; ) is a biblical figure appearing in the Book of Ruth in the Hebrew Bible and in the genealogies of Jesus in the New Testament and also the name of a pillar in the portico of the historic Temple in Jeru ...

and

Ruth Ruth (or its variants) may refer to: Places France * Château de Ruthie, castle in the commune of Aussurucq in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of France Switzerland * Ruth, a hamlet in Cologny United States * Ruth, Alabama * Ruth, Ark ...

. ''Ruth'' is in the possession of the Berlin Gemäldegalerie. ''Boaz'', however, is in the collection at

Woburn Abbey Woburn Abbey (), occupying the east of the village of Woburn, Bedfordshire, England, is a country house, the family seat of the Duke of Bedford. Although it is still a family home to the current duke, it is open on specified days to visitors, ...

where it was hung high on a wall and only identified as a Rembrandt in 2012.'The Old Rabbi' Authenticated as a Rembrandt - NYTimes.com
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{{ACArt 1643 paintings Paintings by Rembrandt Self-portraits Paintings in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin Paintings in the East of England Paintings of Hebrew Bible people Book of Ruth

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