Ode to Saskia van UylenburghA ray of sunshine with a smile
Saskia van Uylenburgh Gravestone Old Church Amsterdam, photo: Eastfrisian, Source: Wikimedia
On this special day a ray of sunshine falls on your grave, with a smile to honor you in your cold grave. Joy therefore and no mourning. That is why we like to come to it.
Period
1612– 1642
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Ode to Saskia van Uylenburgh by Jan Laggen.
Every year on March 9 at 8:30 in the morning, a ray of sunlight falls on Saskia van Uylenburgh's grave in the Oude Kerk. In cooperation with the Amsterdam Museum, people could write odes during the Saskia breakfast to Saskia and other Amsterdam women who mean something to them.
Saskia van Uylenburgh
Saskia Uylenburgh (1612 – 1642) was de vrouw van de schilder Rembrandt van Rijn. Ze kreeg vier kinderen, van wie alleen Titus in leven bleef. Rembrandt is niet meer hertrouwd na de dood van Saskia.
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