Portrait of Haesje Jacobsdr van Cleyburg
Medium
oil on panel
Dimensions
h 68.6cm × w 53.4cm
Classification
painting
Museum
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
About this artwork
Rembrandt reisde af naar Rotterdam en portretteerde daar het brouwersechtpaar Haesje van Cleyburg (1583-1641) en Dirck Pesser (1586-1651). Ze behoorden tot de Remonstrantse elite van de stad. Op het eerste gezicht lijkt Van Cleyburg sober gekleed, maar ze is zeker deftig: de molensteenkraag was heel kostbaar. Er was veel stof voor nodig, soms wel vijftien meter.
About the Artist
Rembrandt van Rijn · 1606–1669
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606–1669) stands as one of the greatest visual artists in the history of Western art and the most important Dutch painter of the 17th century. Born in Leiden to a prosperous miller's family, Rembrandt transformed painting through his revolutionary use of light and shadow, his psychological depth in portraiture, and his elevation of etching to a fine art. His approx...