Ode to Saskia van UylenburghMaybe Saskia could tell jokes really well
Portrait of Saskia van Uylenburgh, print: William Unger (1847 - 1889), source: Rijksmuseum collection
Expressing thoughts and emotions, expressions on paper, has passed to billions of women throughout history. We know nothing but of anonymous balking, worrying, wishing and feeding. Making dust and turning to dust. Maybe Saskia could tell jokes really well.
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1612– 1642
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Ode to Saskia van Uylenburgh by Erika Kuijpers
Every year on 9 March 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 to Saskia and other Amsterdam women who mean something to them during the Saskia breakfast.
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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