Saskia van Uylenburgh in Arcadian Costume

Rembrandt (1606 - 1669)

National Gallery

1635

Rembrandt's wife Saskia, richly attired and holding a bunch of flowers, emerges from a dark background in a pool of light. Baroque in conception, rather than in execution.

• Medium: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 124 x 97 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £8000 ( Total: £28,000)
• ArtFunded in: 1938
• Vendor: Duke of Buccleuch

Provenance

Collection of Fortescue, Duc de Tallard, sale 1756; by 1780 collection Duke of Montagu, 1790 his daughter, married the third Duke of Buccleuch.

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