M. Godfrey, in his book Christ and the Apostles — The Changing Forms of Religious Imagery, states: “Rembrandt’s tragic Christ is an emanation of the Protestant spirit, sorrowful, ghostly, severe,... an image of the inward - looking, self - denying Protestant soul. ”
Godfrey mainib oma raamatus ” Christ and the Apostles — The Changing Forms of Religious Imagery ”: ” Rembrandti traagiline Kristus on protestantliku vaimu väljendus — kurblik, ebamaine, range —,.. endassesüüvinud, enesesalgajaliku protestantliku hinge kehastus. ”