All through his life Rembrandt's work as a draughtsman had a boldness which was coupled with a sense of refinement. Tells the story of Rembrandt and his marriage to Saskia, the love of his life. ' '' ''' - -- --- ---- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- The Arts Society Magazines editor, Sue Herdman, Rembrandts wife, Saskia, sits upright in a canopy bed with heavy curtains. Written by: Meryam Joobeur. He was notably the last visitor of William of Orange just before his assassination. Berlin boasts a silverpoint drawing, originally intended as an engagement memento, which numbers among the most personal works created in Rembrandts hand. He died in 1669, on the 4 th of October. To represent himself, Rembrandt deeply etched the copper plate to create dark and decisive lines, as seen below his collar and on his left wrist. Brotherhood [2018] Directed by: Meryam Joobeur. Rembrandts drawings of Saskia on her sick and death bed are among his most moving works. Select from premium Rembrandt And Saskia of the highest quality. Image Details 707 x 1000 pixels 1085 KBs. In 1642, Rembrandt was at the peak of his fame and economic success thanks to a number of factors: the favourable reception of The Night Watch and The Hundred Guilder Print; the support of his many pupils; the growing requests for works of art; and the praise of art writers.Parallel to all this success, however, came a series of bereavements: having already buried both his Rembrandt most likely met Saskia while working for her cousin, Hendrick Uylenburgh, an art dealer who had a workshop in Amsterdam. A few years later, Rembrandt painted his wife in this mythological costume again (in 1641, only a year before her death). Saskia van Uylenburgh in Arcadian Costume was painted by Rembrandt in 1635, The painting is housed in the National Gallery, London. He etched Saskias image more lightly, with faint lines that situate her in the compositions background. Wearing a wide-brimmed hat, Saskia supports her head on her left arm, while in her right hand she holds a flower, Even with small new found joys, Rembrandt could not escape emotional hardship. After Saskias death, he had a child, Cornelia, with his former maid Hendrickje Stoffels, who later became his common law wife. Two of his major art works include Suits of Japanese Armour and Roman Emperors. In 2019, the 350th anniversary of Rembrandt van Rijn's death will be honoured with numerous activities in The Hague, Leiden, Leeuwarden and Amsterdam. Paintings, drawings, etchings, objects, letters and poems tell the tale of a society marriage in 17th century Holland. They married in 1634, a year after their betrothal, and were together until her death in 1642. Buy a print. Saskia Asleep In Bed was created in 1638 by Rembrandt in Baroque style. The show follows Rembrandt and Saskia from their meeting to her untimely early death after 10 years of marriage. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The pre-eminent artist of the Dutch Golden Age (1585 - 1717) is considered a revolutionary innovator. Mohamed is deeply shaken when his oldest son Malik returns home after a long journey with a mysterious new wife. Rembrandt & Saskia in het Fries Museum, te zien van 24 november 2018 t/m 17 maart 2019. Rembrandts most moving art is that of his wife Saskia on her death bed before she departed in 1642 shortly after Titus their fourth child was born. Rembrandt and Saskia are most luxuriously dressed in velvet and silk. Here Rembrandt etched Saskias head from a variety of angles, together with other females, in a quick, fluid manner that recalls a pen sketch more than a copper etching. Rembrandt (16061669) Alternative names: Rembrandt van Rijn, Birth name: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Rembrandt Harmensz. The earliest known works by Saskia gave birth to a fourth child, Titus, in September 1641. Rembrandt van Rijn married Saskia Uylenburgh, the love of his life, in Friesland in 1634. Rembrandt & Saskia: Love and Marriage in the Dutch Golden Age [Stoter, Marlies, Lange, Justus] on Amazon.com. Saskias pregnancy ran its full and evidently happy course, and she was delivered of a baby boy in December 1635. Summary []. It was doubtless Hendrick who introduced Rembrandt to Saskia. Rembrandt most likely met Saskia while working for her cousin, Hendrick Uylenburgh, an art dealer who had a workshop in Amsterdam. Rembrandt & Saskia: Love and Marriage in the Dutch Golden Age Through 1635 Rembrandt enjoyed growing success and the couple lived very well. Saskia is depicted with a red flower, the painting is part of the collection of Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden in Germany. In the drawing in Munich of Saskia in Bed with a Nurse, usually dated 1635 or rather later, both these characteristics are present.Saskia appears old and ill, which is the reason for suspecting that the drawing is rather nearer 1642, the date of her death. Rembrandt had been living well and teaching art but then took a common law wife named Hendrickje and later declared bankruptcy as his commissions reduced significantly in the 1650s. Saskia von Uylenburgh was a wealthy young woman from a small city in the Netherlands called Leeuwarden. Contact Us. Download image. Produced by: Maria Gracia Turgeon, Habib Attia. After years of art production and financial troubles, Rembrandt died in Amsterdam in 1669. Color code: #E2D3B9 Color code: #F5F1E0 Color code: #D3B696 Color code: #858274 Color code: #949187 Color code: #C49675. Because Rembrandt favoured red chalk in the mid-1630s, that baby is most likely Rembrandt and Saskias firstborn son, Rumbartus, who was baptized on 15 December 1635 and died two months later. Saske her Frisian baptismal name was born in Leeuwarden and grew up there. Cornelia was Rembrandts only living immediate family member at the time of his death. In 1635, he created another Saskia as Flora. In October 1662, when the chill Amsterdam nights were draining light from the afternoons, Rembrandt sold his wife Saskia's grave. Accompanies a travelling exhibition in The Netherlands at the Fries Museum, 24 November, 2018, to 19 March 2019 and in Kassel, Germany, 12 April, to 11 August 2019. Find the perfect Rembrandt And Saskia stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. Choose a custom size for your favorite oil painting. Rembrandt, Officers and Men of the Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq and Lieutenant Wilhelm van Ruytenburgh, known as the Night Watch, 1642, oil on canvas, 379.5 x 453.5 cm (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands) A more accurate title, one that is in keeping with the naming of other contemporary portraits of this type is the Officers and Men of the The promising young painter must have met Saskia soon thereafter. Probably the beginning of their acquaintance was through Rembrandt's painting Saskia's portrait in 1632. Neither of his next two mistresses could have possibly taken the same place in his heart as Saskia. In 2019, the 350th anniversary of Rembrandt van Rijns death will be honoured with numerous activities in The Hague, Leiden, Leeuwarden and Amsterdam. These were usually made of wicker and had a cushion against which the woman could lean when nursing a baby. Saskia van Uylenburgh (West Frisian: Saakje fan Uylenburgh; 2 August 1612 14 June 1642) was the wife of painter Rembrandt van Rijn. After Saskias death, Rembrandt kept other female companions, including Geertje Dircx, who worked as Tituss nanny, and Hendrickje Stoffels, who began as Remrandts maid. In 1641, Rembrandt and Saskias son Titus was born their only child to survive to adulthood. Saskia van Uylenburgh, the daughter of a burgomaster of Leeuwarden in Friesland, was Rembrandts first wife. He was desperate to such an extent that he had to sell even Saskia's grave. Rembrandt & Saskia: Love in the Dutch Golden Age reveals the story of Rembrandt and his wife, Saskia, against the backdrop of life, love and loss in society of their time. He depicted his adored first wife many times before her death in 1642. The THE SADDEST PART: With time, Rembrandt was getting poorer and poorer. Rembrandt 1606-1669 Dutch painter, teacher, draftsman, printmaker and etcher Saskia Asleep In Bed c. 1635. Rembrandts young wife Saskia van Uylenburgh appears as a frequent subject in the artists works. The two married on June 22, 1634 and remained together for thirteen years until Saskias untimely death at the age of 30. He lost the inheritance after Saskia and he was forced to sell all his works. She is dressed as Flora, the Roman goddess of spring and fertility. Surprisingly, it is the only etching that Rembrandt ever made of Saskia and himself together. He was named Rombertus after Saskias father and baptised on December 15 in the Oude Kerk, the principal church in Amsterdam. Rembrandt: Bust of a Young Woman Smiling, possibly Saskia van Uylenburgh ; Artist Free: +1-888-417-8278. The painter met her in 1633 while she was visiting her cousin Hendrick Uylenburgh in Amsterdam. $20 Off - Get hand painted museum quality reproduction of "Saskia Asleep In Bed" by Rembrandt Van Rijn. Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1606 - 1669) or Rembrandt was real genius of baroque painting. Order in a few clicks! Lets take a moment to consider Rembrandts death because it took place 350 years ago this year, in 1669. The highlight of the exhibition is the portrait of Saskia that Rembrandt completed after her death. Saskia who was twenty-three years old at the time and who had been married to Rembrandt for just twelve months, poses as Flora, goddess of spring. Buy the Saskia Asleep In Bed Reproduction by Rembrandt Van Rijn. In a belt richly embroidered with golden thread, he carries a rapier with a gilt hilt and on his long curly hair he wears a large plumed beret, decorated with a thin 1 Ingvar Bergstrm, "Rembrandt och ffngligheten", Kunst og Kultur 43 (Oslo i960), 85-112, includes She was the daughter of Rombertus Uylenburg, the mayor as well as the justice of the Court of Friesland. In the course of her life, she was his model for some of his paintings, drawings and etchings. Rembrandt was 28 when he married Saskia in 1634; 36 when she died, leaving him with a baby son and a sorrow so destructive he gave up painting in oils for several years. Saskia Asleep In Bed Home / Museum / Search ARC Museum / Rembrandt (1606-1669) View. The National Gallery in London displays this portrait. Fourth state, Rembrandt van Rijn, Christ Presented to the People, 1655, drypoint iv/viii, 35.8 x 45.4 cm (British Museum, London) Mezzotint The term mezzotint is a compound of the Italian words mezzo (half) and tinta (tone), and describes a type of intaglio print made through gradations of light and shade rather than line. The two married on June 22, 1634 and remained together for thirteen years until Saskias untimely death at the age of 30. She looks pallid and is probably pregnant, given the nursing couch on the ground. Rembrandt Harmensz. In 1634, Rembrandt van Rijn married Saskia Uylenburgh, the love of his life, in Friesland. The art world marks the 350th anniversary of the death of Rembrandt next year and the first exhibition to do so has just opened in the Netherlands. After Lastman's death in 1633, Rembrandt continued to use his teacher's subjects and motifs (dominant themes). Rembrandt married Saskia van Uylenburgh in 1634. Soon after Titus birth and eight years after the wedding, Saskia died in 1642 at the age of 29. Rembrandts career flourished before Saskias untimely death in 1642. Following Saskias death, Rembrandt immersed himself in his work. The relation between them soon grew quite friendly, for in the same year the young girl sat two or three times again to the painter. Saskia in Profile in Rich Costume, one of his most personal masterpieces (Gemldegalerie Alte Meister of the Museumslandschaft Hessen-Kassel). Rembrandt may have drawn the image at least in part while sitting in front of a mirror. Watch now. van Rijn: Description: Dutch painter, printmaker and drawer: Date of birth/death: 15 July 1606 4 October 1669 Location of birth/death: Leiden: Amsterdam: Work period: between circa 1625 and circa 1669 14. While Rembrandt was overjoyed with the birth of Titus, his happiness was short-lived, as Saskia died of tuberculosis in 1642, a year after Titus birth. In June 1642 Saskia died. The couple had four children, but only Titus, born in 1641, survived infancy. It was Lastman's ability to tell a story visually that impressed his youthful pupil. Saskia was daughter of the prominent lawyer Rombertus Uylenburgh, who rose to the highest positions in Friesland: pensionary and High Court jurist, and burgomaster of Leeuwarden. In 1642, Saskia, in ill health following the birth and death of three children, died, leaving Rembrandt with their sole issue, a son called Titus. Rembrandt was a commoner with an unparalleled talent willing to take his art to the top of the top. Find more prominent pieces of sketch and study at Wikiart.org best visual art database. Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents. Here, she is 23 years old; they have been married for a year. Saske, her Frisian baptismal name, was born in Leeuwarden and grew up there as the daughter of a wealthy upper middle-class family of landowners.