REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn
(b. 1606, Leiden, d. 1669, Amsterdam)

Saskia Uylenburgh

1633
Oil on panel, 67 x 50 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Catalogue number: Bredius 94.

Rembrandt's images of his wife, Saskia Uylenburgh, show a beautiful, self-assured young woman in a variety of informal and formal guises. All of them seem to burst with energy and suppressed humour.