Ode to Saskia van UylenburghRembrandt put you in the light
By Anonymous9 maart 2025
Dear Saskia perhaps in life you stood in your husband's shadow. Rembrandt put you in the light through his beautiful works, today and many more days you are in the light.
Period
1612– 1642
About
Ode to Saskia van Uylenburgh by anonymous
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.
Tags