Saskia van Uylenburgh

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Saskia van Uylenburgh was a 17th-century Dutch woman best known as Rembrandt’s wife and frequent model, who appeared in many of his most intimate and celebrated works.


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch person
Rembrandt’s wife
art model
human
associatedWith Amsterdam
Dutch Golden Age
surface form: "Dutch Golden Age painting"

Leeuwarden
birthDate 1612-08-02
birthPlace Leeuwarden
burialPlace Oude Kerk, Amsterdam
causeOfDeath likely tuberculosis
centuryOfActivity 17th century
child Titus van Rijn
childrenSurvivedToAdulthood 1
countryOfCitizenship Dutch Republic
deathDate 1642-06-14
deathPlace Amsterdam
depictedIn Saskia van Uylenburgh
surface form: "Flora (Rembrandt, 1634)"

Portrait of Saskia van Uylenburgh (c. 1633)
Rembrandt and Saskia in the Parable of the Prodigal Son
Saskia as Flora
Saskia with a Red Flower
surface form: "Saskia in a Straw Hat"

Saskia with a Red Flower
The Jewish Bride
surface form: "The Jewish Bride (disputed attribution)"
era Dutch Golden Age
familyBackground Frisian patrician family
father Rombertus van Uylenburgh
floruit 1630s
gender female
householdRole subject of Rembrandt’s domestic scenes
legacy iconic muse in Rembrandt’s oeuvre
marriageDate 1634-06-22
marriagePlace Amsterdam
modeledFor Rembrandt van Rijn
mother Sjoukje Ozinga
name Saskia van Uylenburgh
nativeLanguage Dutch
notableFor being a frequent model in Rembrandt’s paintings
being the wife of Rembrandt
notableWorkRole model for Rembrandt’s intimate portraits
numberOfChildren 4
occupation artist’s model
relative Hendrick van Uylenburgh
religion Calvinism
residence Amsterdam
sibling Antje van Uylenburgh
Rombertus van Uylenburgh
surface form: "Hiskje van Uylenburgh"

Antje van Uylenburgh
surface form: "Titia van Uylenburgh"
spouse Rembrandt van Rijn

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Sjoukje Ozinga child Saskia van Uylenburgh
Saskia van Uylenburgh depictedIn Saskia van Uylenburgh
this entity surface form: "Flora (Rembrandt, 1634)"
Saskia as Flora depicts Saskia van Uylenburgh
Saskia with a Red Flower depicts Saskia van Uylenburgh
Sjoukje Ozinga hasChild Saskia van Uylenburgh
Titus van Rijn mother Saskia van Uylenburgh
Sjoukje Ozinga motherOf Saskia van Uylenburgh
Saskia van Uylenburgh name Saskia van Uylenburgh
Oude Kerk, Amsterdam notableBurial Saskia van Uylenburgh
this entity surface form: "Rembrandt’s wife Saskia van Uylenburgh"
Saskia as Flora portrays Saskia van Uylenburgh
Antje van Uylenburgh relative Saskia van Uylenburgh
Saskia as Flora sitter Saskia van Uylenburgh
Rembrandt van Rijn spouse Saskia van Uylenburgh
Saskia with a Red Flower spouseDepicted Saskia van Uylenburgh

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