Holland in the Baroque era was known a s Calvinist Dutch Republic after they forced the withdrawal of Catholic Spain (105). Calvinism Protestant ideology rejects the depiction of graven images discouraging the use of religious images, to include religious sculptures. A formable artist of Protestant Baroque in Northern Europe was Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669). Contrasting Gentileschi Catholic Style of Baroque to Protestant Baroque is Rembrandt’s The Return of the Prodigal Son, 1662-1668, oil on canvas. Rembrandt with his protestant upbringing may have viewed religious art with the fundamental concept of freewill (105). Rembrandt’s realistic portrayal of a son returning home is filled with sentiment. Father and son are highlighted because
