Ode to Saskia van UylenburghTo all Saskia's
By L Elizabeth9 maart 2025
To all Saskia's
The children spoken of but not seen. The seeking, the enterprising, always pursued by the light. Sometimes not getting through it, and sometimes in the middle of it.
Period
1612– 1642
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Ode to Saskia van Uylenburgh by L. Elizabeth
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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