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

Jan Cornelisz. Sylvius

1633
Etching, second state of two, 166 x 141 mm
Teylers Museum, Haarlem

Catalogue number: Bartsch 266.

Jan Cornelisz. Sylvius (1564-1638) was a Reformed preacher in Amsterdam. He was the husband of Saskia Uylenburgh's older cousin Aeltje Pietersdr. Uylenburgh. Rembrandt portrayed Sylvius in two etchings.