Rembrandt paints master carpenter Jacob Wesselsz Wiltingh. An unknown Rembrandt from the archive of the Amsterdam notaries (original) (raw)

Rembrandt’s insolvency: The artist as legal actor

Oud Holland, 2021

The artist's estate and business in the 1640s and early 1650s In June 1642, Rembrandt's wife Saskia van Uylenburgh (fijig. 1) passed away. In her will, which was made shortly before her death, it was stipulated that Titus (fijig. 2), Rembrandt's and Saskia's son who then was less than one year old, was the heir of her half of the matri monial property. However, her husband remained entitled to possess (i.e., to hold) and have usufruct in (i.e., to receive profijits from) that half for as long as he lived or until a second marriage. 5 At Saskia's death, Rembrandt received the other half in ownership, in compliance with the Roman-Dutch rules relating to the division of the matrimonial community when one of the spouses deceased. 6 The inheritance estate encompassed the one half which Saskia had bequeathed to her son, in combination with the conditional usufruct for Rembrandt.

Rembrandt Gysbert van Campen late 1631, study for a technical historical attribution.

Rembrandt 'Gysbert van Campen' late 1631, 2023

The painter Otto van Veen became Rubens teacher and was a pupil of Isaac Claesz van Swanenburg. Soutman was a pupil of Rubens, according to the latter's nephew, Philip Rubens. He seems to have worked in Rubens' studio around 1615-1616. Cornelis Isaacz van Swanenburg was the first teacher of Rembrandt. Rembrandt had known Geertruyt Claesdr. van Lijn for three years during his stay at the atelier of Jacob Claesz. van Swanenburg, Rembrandt's teacher, who was married to Geertruyt and later re-married with the brother of Gysbert van Campen.

Rembrandt and the Emergence of the Leiden Art Market

Exh.cat. Leiden circa 1630: Rembrandt Emerges, (Agnes Ethering Art Centre, Kingston ON; Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton AB; MacKenzie Gallery, Regina SK; Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton ON; , 2019

Accompanying the related exhibition, Leiden circa 1630: Rembrandt Emerges illuminates the early career of Rembrandt and his peers. Essays explore the artists in broader contexts, including Leiden’s historical and cultural profile, process and novelty in printmaking, the city’s art market and the history of collecting paintings by the master in Canada. The four essays, accompanied by entries on the works featured in the exhibition, offer profound insight into the motivations, aspirations and achievements of an extraordinary group of artists.