"Polish theology professor Johannes Maccovius, until she married Rembrandt in 1634. In 1631 and in the company of the Mennonite painters Govert Flinck and Jacob Backer, Saskia travelled to Amsterdam. There she met Rembrandt, who produced paintings and portraits for Uylenburgh's Amsterdam clients. In turn Rembrandt travelled to Leeuwarden, where he was received by the painter Wybrand de Geest, who had married Saskia's niece. Saskia and Rembrandt were engaged in 1633, and on 10 June 1634 Rembrandt asked permission to marry in Sint Annaparochie. He showed his mother's written consent to the schepen. On 2 July the couple married. The"
"Rombertus van Uylenburgh Rombertus van Uylenburgh or Rombout van Uylenborgh (1554 – 4 June 1624) is best known as the father of Saskia van Uylenburgh, the wife of Rembrandt. Rombertus was one of the founders of the University of Franeker in 1585. Gerrit van Uylenburgh, who may have been Rombertus' brother, tended to Mennonitism, left for Poland to become the royal furniture maker in Crakow, and became the father of the art-dealer Hendrick van Uylenburgh. Rombertus was born at Bergum. He studied law at the Catholic University of Leuven or Heidelberg and graduated in the year 1578. In this same"
"guide for the 21-year-old Saskia on her first visit to Amsterdam in the Spring of 1633. If indeed it is she, though its pendant is lost, an etching of her husband by Rembrandt still exists (the lost original painting would have been reversed so he faced her): Portrait of a 62-year-old Woman, possibly Aeltje Pietersdr Uylenburgh Portrait of a 62-year-old Woman, possibly Aeltje Pietersdr Uylenburgh is a 1632 portrait painting painted by Rembrandt. It shows an elderly woman with a small and sober millstone collar. It is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Several oval portraits"
"time this painting was dated 1640, but the striking similarity of his face with the version from 1627 and especially his dress has recently led art historians to conclude that this painting was probably a wedding pendant. He married Cunera van Baersdorp (Leiden 1600-Haarlem 1640), who was the daughter of a mayor of Leiden, on 22 April 1625 and this portrait probably dates from that time, as does his wife's pendant. They were married exactly a half year after Cunera's mother died. That explains the bride's wedding dress in half mourning (a black skirt, white gloves and black and white"
"his . He had settled in Naples around 1598. He married on 28 November 1599 Margaretha De Cardone, the daughter of a local grocer. He sold his paintings directly from his workshop in Naples. In 1608 he ran foul of the Neapolitan Inquisition for displaying paintings depicting scenes of witchcraft in his shop. The accusation related to a large canvas depicting a number of witches and devils engaging in perverse acts, which he had displayed outside his shop. During the proceedings van Swanenburg explained that he had only taken out the picture which he had begun three years earlier for"
"Gerrit van Uylenburgh Gerrit van Uylenburgh (c. 1625 – 1679), or Gerrit Uylenburgh, was a Dutch Golden Age painter and art-dealer. He was the eldest son of Hendrick van Uylenburgh and took over the family art-dealing business after Hendrick's death and burial in the Westerkerk church in 1661. This business, then in a house on Lauriergracht, formerly owned by Govaert Flinck, played a key role in the art world of the Dutch Golden Age. According to Arnold Houbraken, he started off as a landscape painter and painted rooms in the house of a wealthy man in Amsterdam. He soon saw"
"Hylck Boner Portrait of Hylck Boner is a painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals, painted in 1635 and now in the Frick Collection. It is considered a pendant to the portrait of Hylck's husband Johannes Saeckma. Hylck Boner became engaged to Johannes 28 August 1603. He was a lawyer involved with the Hof van Friesland. Johannes died 22 December 1636. Unlike Hals' other wedding portraits of women, Hylck is wearing a sober Mennonite dress with very short wrist collars. Her dress is however made with detailed embroidery that indicate the expense of the cut. Her millstone collar"
"that of women in the 1630s, including others by Hals. Portrait of Sara Wolphaerts van Diemen Portrait of Sara Wolphaerts van Diemen is a painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals, painted around 1630-1633 and now in the Rijksmuseum. It is considered a pendant to the portrait of Sara's husband Nicolaes Hasselaer. Sara Wolphaerts van Diemen was baptized in Amsterdam on 6 April 1593 as the daughter of Gerrit Wolphaerts van Diemen and Anna Fabry. Her parents had 9 children and Sara had several brothers and sisters who married into the Amsterdam regency, such as Christina who married"
"originals in Holland. Included in the 51 people involved in the expertise, was Johannes Vermeer. In 1672 he married the daughter of the rich and successful fellow Dutch painter Philip Wouwerman. He died in Potsdam. Hendrick Fromantiou Hendrik de Fromantiou (1633 – after 1693) was a Dutch still life painter. Fromantiou was born in Maastricht. In his youth, he produced works for the art dealer Gerrit van Uylenburgh in Amsterdam and from 1658, he was active in The Hague. In 1670, he was appointed as conservator of the royal collection in Potsdam. In 1671, when Van Uylenburgh tried to sell"
"Hendrick van Uylenburgh Hendrick Gerritsz van Uylenburgh (c. 1587 – 1661) was an influential Dutch Golden Age art dealer who helped launch the careers of Rembrandt, Govert Flinck, Ferdinand Bol and other painters. Van Uylenburgh came from a Frisian family and emigrated with this family to Kraków (Poland) when he was a boy. He was trained as a painter and also worked as an art buyer for the Polish king. Around 1612 he moved to Danzig (now Gdańsk) and in 1625 returned to the Netherlands, settling in the bustling capital of Amsterdam. Van Uylenburgh took over the business of Cornelis"
"plants that would become subjects for Anna and Rachel Ruysch. At the age of 15 or 16 Rachel was apprenticed to still life painter Willem van Aelst, and it is assumed that Anna was as well. Rachel also trained with Maria Sibylla Merian, and it is possible Anna did too. Anna Ruysch painted less frequently after she married the paint dealer Isaak Hellenbroek on July 6, 1688. Their business on the Damrak in Amsterdam was quite successful. In 1742, her husband Isaak, who served as deacon in the Reformed Church, was listed as having the same income as his illustrious"
"Until 1591 Uylenburgh rose as a state lawyer (landsadvocaat), but was forced — because of the variety of positions he held — to give up that post. In his later legal career he became the supreme-court lawyer (raadsheer) at the Court of Friesland. In 1595 he bought a house on the Ossekop, where Saskia was born. (Today the building is in use by the famous twins and lawyers Wim and Hans Anker.) Van Uylenburgh owned two farms, one in Rijperkerk, the other in Gaasterland. Two sons became lawyers, one son-in-law was the Polish theological professor Johannes Maccovius, and the other"
"he worked with the glassworker Chamu. He returned to Utrecht in 1622, where Cornelis Poelenburg taught him to paint. He married Catalijntje van Noort in 1626. He frequented the studio of Gerard van Honthorst. In 1647 he moved to Amsterdam where he created the stained glass windows and the organ doors (almost the only area in a Calvinist church where figurative painting was sometimes allowed) of the Nieuwe Kerk (finished in 1655). He has been described as the last of the great stained glass painters in Holland. Unlike his work for churches, his secular paintings show the influence of Caravaggio,"
"peaceful world. The ""Self Portrait (in Celebration)"", 1966 draws substantial resemblance with Rembrandt's ""Self-portrait with Saskia (or The Prodigal Son with A Whore)"", 1635. By 1636, Rembrandt had a successful venture in the Amsterdam's portraiture market and he had received commissions from the court in The Hague, set up an active studio, married burgomaster's daughter and moved into a prestigious home. By that time, Rembrandt had arisen up the social hierarchy and had various success in life. In 1636, he successfully sued Saskia's relatives for denying her part of her father's estate. In this ""Self-portrait with Saskia"", both the artist"
"Cunera van Baersdorp Portrait of Cunera van Baersdorp is a painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals, painted in 1625 and now in a private collection. It is considered a pendant portrait to the ""Portrait of a Man Standing"", now identified as Cunera's husband Michiel de Wael. Cunera van Baersdorp was born in Leiden in 1600 as the daughter of the Leiden mayor Jan Jans van Baersdorp and Dirckgen Claes van Heemskerk. Her older brother Jan married in Amsterdam and it is there that she met Michiel de Wael who she became engaged to in Haarlem on 2"
"Susanna van Steenwijk Susanna van Steenwijk (born after 1601 as Susanna Gaspoel – probably buried 2 August 1664, Amsterdam) was a painter of small architectural exteriors active in Leiden and Amsterdam. Susanna's father, Johan Gaspoel, was buried in 1622 in Westham in England, when his three children were not yet 21 years of age. In 1630 she married the architectural painter Hendrik van Steenwijk II, who was at least 20 years her elder. She baptized a son in Amsterdam in 1632 and one in Leiden in 1634. Her known paintings are from the 1640s, and were made in Leiden and"
"declaration in Frankenthal that he was 24 years of age. On stylistic grounds it is believed that he trained in Frankenthal under the prominent Flemish landscape Gillis van Coninxloo who resided there from 1588 to 1595. Another Flemish painter active in Germany called Hendrik Gijsmans was possibly also his teacher. He married in 1602 in Frankenthal with Susanneke Jaspersdr. van Conincxloo. According to an unknown source, he returned to Antwerp in 1620, where he possibly died. He must have died after 1621 and before 8 April 1627 as on the latter date his wife is mentioned as widow. He painted"
"Portrait of Sara Wolphaerts van Diemen Portrait of Sara Wolphaerts van Diemen is a painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals, painted around 1630-1633 and now in the Rijksmuseum. It is considered a pendant to the portrait of Sara's husband Nicolaes Hasselaer. Sara Wolphaerts van Diemen was baptized in Amsterdam on 6 April 1593 as the daughter of Gerrit Wolphaerts van Diemen and Anna Fabry. Her parents had 9 children and Sara had several brothers and sisters who married into the Amsterdam regency, such as Christina who married Nicolas Balestel, and Anna who married Albert Coenraetsz Burgh. Anna's"
"a representative to the States-General of the Netherlands for Haarlem. Though he is known for his wedding portrait with its pendant, Van der Meer was also portrayed as Captain of the St Jorisschutterij in Hals' ""The Banquet of the Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1616"". These pendant portraits were painted on oak panels and after these, Hals switched to canvas and oak panel became more rare in his oeuvre. The pendants came into the possession of the Frans Hals Museum in 1883, when they were left in the estate of J.C.W. Fabricius van Leyenburg. His wife Cornelia"
"Bernardus van Schijndel Bernardus van Schijndel (1647–1709) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of small scale genre works. According to Houbraken, he was a Haarlemmer who lived alongside Reinier (Richard) Brakenburg (1650–1702) in Leeuwarden for a period, where he taught Jelle Sibrandsz, a young painter who later travelled to Italy in 1669. Though Houbraken wrote that he was the same age, with the same birthplace, and painted in the same style as Brakenburg, he was actually a few years older and was born in Weesp, not Haarlem. He married Lysbet Sanderius in 1677, near Weesp in the town of Diemen,"
"in the same year. He married on 14 December 1631 with Livina of Thuyne. The couple had four children, who were all baptized in the St. Bavo Church. It is not clear when he moved to the Dutch Republic. He became court painter to the Dutch stadtholder Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange. Van Hulle made various portraits of persons of the Orange dynasty. The Prince sent him in 1645 or 1646 to Münster to make portraits of the delegates who attended the peace negotiations for the Peace of Münster. Van Hulle established a large workshop in Münster to make the"
"where he stayed in Rome in the period from 1643 to 1645. The artist was recorded in Amsterdam on 20 April 1649 when he gets married to Catharina Wandelman, the daughter of a wealthy Catholic merchant in Amsterdam. He stated at the time that he was 28 years of age. He became citizen (poorter) of Amsterdam on 1 September 1649. He is known to have worked on two large paintings, both dated 1659, for churches in the Northern Netherlands. That Carel van Savoyen received the commission for these two altarpieces may have had something to do with the connections of"
"square. His son Gerrit van Uylenburgh took over the family business after Van Uylenburgh's death and burial in the Westerkerk church in 1661. Gerrit went bankrupt in 1675 following accusations that he had sold forged art to Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg. In 2006 the Rembrandt House Museum presented an exhibition around Hendrick van Uylenburgh and his son Gerrit. The exhibition was also shown at the Dulwich Picture Gallery in London. Hendrick van Uylenburgh Hendrick Gerritsz van Uylenburgh (c. 1587 – 1661) was an influential Dutch Golden Age art dealer who helped launch the careers of Rembrandt, Govert Flinck, Ferdinand"
"collar and white wristbands. In the Rijksmuseum catalogue the sitter is identified as Nicolaes Hasselaer (1593-1635); but his wife, Geertruyt van Erp died in 1620, and this portrait, from its style, must have been painted later than that year. [Pendant to 187.] Canvas, 32 inches by 26 1/2 inches. Presented to the Rijksmuseum in 1885 by J. S. R. van de Poll. In the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1907 catalogue, No. 1089."" Hofstede de Groot lists the portrait's pendant as possibly a portrait of Brechtje van Schooterbosch, the wife of Nicolaes' older brother. The Dirk-Brechtje couple baptized children in 1617 and 1618"
"or Sturck. It is likely they were all trained with their father in the family workshop and joined the local Guild of Saint Luke, otherwise it was impossible to sell any painting. Around 1666 Storck set up his own workshop producing naval, harbor scenes as well as landscape paintings and city scapes. In 1670 he traveled with his brother Jacob and worked in Germany. In 1694, being 49 years old, he married the widow Neeltje Pieters van Meyservelt. At the end of his life he lived on Kattenburg near the harbour. Storck's marine and river scenes were influenced by the"
"by 33 1/2 inches. Sale. F. J. Gsell, Vienna, March 14, 1872, No. 40."" In 1974 Seymour Slive listed these as pendants. Catharina Brugmans Portrait of Catharina Brugmans is a painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals, painted in 1634 and now in a private collection. It is considered a pendant to the portrait of Catharina's husband Tieleman Roosterman. Catharina Brugmans was baptized in Amsterdam on 15 October 1609 as the daughter of the cloth merchant Jan Pietersz Brugman and Maria Adriaens. She was engaged to Tieleman on 27 November 1631, the same year that a property investment"
"for the local courts. He returned to Antwerp in 1625 following his father’s death in the preceding year and he became a free master of the local Guild of Saint Luke. At the wedding of his sister Catharina and the painter Simon de Vos in 1628, he met Constancia van Nieulandt (or 'van Nieuwlandt'), the 17-year-old daughter of the painter and poet Willem van Nieulandt II. The following year van Utrecht married Constancia. The couple had 13 children. Constantia became a painter and poet in her own right. She is believed to have shared the work in her husband’s studio"
"1629-1630. He became a master painter at the Guild in the guild year 1636-1637. He married Catharina Lodewijcx on 20 January 1650. The date of his death is not known with certainty. He was described by Cornelis de Bie as being still alive when his book of artist biographies 'Het Gulden Cabinet' came out in 1661. The 19th century art historian Georg Kasper Nagler stated he died in 1684, citing Jean-Baptiste Descamps' ""La Vie des Peintres Flamands, Allemands et Hollandois"" (mid 18th century), although Descamps does not mention this death date. Thys was described by his Flemish contemporary Cornelis de"
"Swanenburg also painted a topographical scene of (1628, National Gallery of Denmark). Jacob Isaacsz. van Swanenburg Jacob Isaacsz. van Swanenburg (; 1571, Leiden – 1638, Utrecht) was a Dutch painter, draftsman and art dealer. He was known for his city views, history paintings, Christian religious scenes and portraits. He spent a substantial part of his early career in Italy before returning to his native Leiden. He was the teacher of the young Rembrandt. Jacob Isaacsz. van Swanenburg was born in Leiden as the son of Isaac Claesz. van Swanenburg. His father was a painter and designer of prints, stained glass"
"Johannes van Haensbergen Johannes (Jan) van Haensbergen (1642–1705) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He was registered in the Utrecht Guild of St. Luke in 1668 and in 1669 he was registered in the Confrerie Pictura in The Hague, where he married Johanna van Heusden and worked on portraits for the elite there. According to Houbraken he was born in Utrecht. Because he signed a few paintings with 'Joh. Haensbergh Gorco fecit', which led some art historians to conclude he was from Gorinchem and others that he worked there for a while. He was a student of Cornelius van Poelenburgh,"
"Johannes van Haensbergen Johannes (Jan) van Haensbergen (1642–1705) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He was registered in the Utrecht Guild of St. Luke in 1668 and in 1669 he was registered in the Confrerie Pictura in The Hague, where he married Johanna van Heusden and worked on portraits for the elite there. According to Houbraken he was born in Utrecht. Because he signed a few paintings with 'Joh. Haensbergh Gorco fecit', which led some art historians to conclude he was from Gorinchem and others that he worked there for a while. He was a student of Cornelius van Poelenburgh,"
"and daughter (who was a painter) returned to Amsterdam. According to the RKD he was in Amsterdam from 1614-1622. Samuel Hoffmann Samuel Hoffmann (1591, Zürich – 1648, Frankfurt), was a Baroque painter from Zurich. According to Houbraken he travelled to Antwerp to learn painting in the studio of Rubens, and set up a workshop in Amsterdam, where he married in 1628. He then travelled with his wife to his native Zurich where he was successful as a portrait painter. He painted for the Duke of Milan (possibly Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy), and then travelled to Frankfurt where he"
"in 1664-65 and dean again from 1667-68. He married Maria van der Vecht, on 5 February 1656. According to Houbraken his marriage caused a lull in his production, especially when he moved to Warmond where he took up fishing as a hobby. He had to move back to Leiden in order to keep his production levels high. Ary de Vois Ary de Vois (1632–1635 - July 1680) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Ary de Vois was born and died in Leiden. He was the son of Alewijn de Vois from Utrecht, who was organist in the Pieterskerk, Leiden, in"