Saskia met een parelsnoer in het haar
Medium
etching
Dimensions
66; 87
About this artwork
mark: Lugt 787
Art Historical Context
In 1634, Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch Baroque master, created this intimate etching *Saskia met eenlsnoer in het* (Saskia with a Pearl Necklace in Her Hair portraying his newlywed wife, Saskia Uylenburgh. The couple had married that same year in Friesland, and this tender depiction captures her youthful beauty just months into their union. Saskia, often mused by Rembrandt, symbolizes the personal muse in his early Leiden and Amsterdam periods, blending portraiture with affectionate domesticity amid the Dutch Golden Age's prosperity. Measuring a diminutive 87mm by 66mm, this etching exemplifies R...
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...