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

Bellona

1633
Oil on canvas, 127 x 98 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Catalogue number: Bredius 467.

Formerly, the painting was often considered to depict Rembrandt's fiancée, Saskia, serving as a model in his studio. However, the painting is not a portrait of any kind, and Saskia van Uylenburgh bore no more than a slight resemblance to the woman seen in the present picture. The painting was probably commissioned as a decoration, perhaps in The Hague where Rembrandt worked for a period in 1632.




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