Rembrandt & Saskia : Liebe im goldenen zeitalter

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Cover Table of contents Foreword Saskia, Rembrandt’s Frisian bride The birth of an icon. Rembrandt’s portrait of Saskia in Kassel From Leeuwarden to Amsterdam. Govert Flinck, Jacob Backer and Saskia Uylenburgh Spes mea Christus. The marriage of Aeltje Uylenburgh and Jan Cornelis from Amsterdam Scenes from a marriage? Rembrandt and Saskia in the picture The child through Rembrandt’s eyes William Frederick of Nassau and marriage in the seventeenth century Tsamen op het huys getrout. Noble marriages on Frisian rural estates Giving each other the right hand. Weddings in the seventeenth century Fede rings. Hands united in fidelity Tied and bound. On bended knee with a knottendoek or wedding casket Soo bloeyt de trou. The rise of wedding medallions Rose, tulip and rosemary. Symbols of love in Dutch portraiture Families in the picture Parental joy. Seventeenth-century children’s portraits Notes Literature