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REMBRANDT VAN RYN
(1606- 1669)
39. — Portrait of Rembrandt’s Wife Saskia
Turned slightly to the right, but almost full-face. Over her brown curly hair lies a transparent gold embroidered veil, fastened at the top by a clasp with a black feather; a pear-shaped pearl in each ear. Her golden-green flowered gown, bound with gold brocade, is cut out in a round at the throat, showing a dainty chemisette, over which is a gold necklace of rich workmanship, with a large pearl pendant.
Signed : Rembrandt f. i636 . Canvas, 3i in. by 26 in.
Exhibited at Amsterdam, 1898. Described in Dr. Bode’s « The Complete Work of Rembrandt », m, n° 106. From the Collection of J. Carpenter Gamier, Esq.. Tookesbury Hall.
Sir Ch. Robinson. London.
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