PORTRAIT OF SASKIA VAN UYLENBURGH

THE ORIGINAL OF 1634, ON PANEL, 99.5 X 78.8 CM, IS IN THE STAATLICHE KUNSTSAMMLUNGEN, KASSEL, WHERE IT ENTERED FROM THE COLLECTION OF WILHELM VIII LANDGRAF VON HESSEN (SEE J. BRUYN ET.AL., A CORPUS OF REMBRANDT PAINTINGS, 1986, II, PP.422-439, NOA85, ILL.). IN THE PICTURE, REMBRANDT PORTRAYS HIS NEWLY WED WIFE, WHOM HE HAD MET THROUGH HER UNCLE, THE ART-DEALER HENDRICK VAN UYLENBURGH. AS THE DAUGHTER OF THE BURGEMEESTER OF LEEUWARDEN, SASKIA WAS OF FRISIAN PATRICIAN BACKGROUND AND THUS WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR RAISING THE ARTIST'S SOCIAL STATUS.