Ode to Saskia van UylenburghI’m touched by the ray of sun that shone on Saskia’s grave
I can’t paint like Rembrandt,
But the love of my life is also Saskia,
Saskia loving with August 38th
Made the historic walls here
Remember centuries of beautiful sand,
They, like Rembrandt, show how talent and skill can fill space and time.
I’m touched by the ray of sun that shone on Saskia’s grave,
I’ll keep that with me and try to shine some of that on my own Saskia.
Period
1612– 1642
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Ode to Saskia van Uylenburgh by Stein Varjord
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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