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Rembrandt and Saskia in the Scene of the Prodigal Son

Rembrandtca. 1635

Old Masters Picture Gallery, Dresden State Art Museums

Old Masters Picture Gallery, Dresden State Art Museums
Dresden, Germany

Rembrandt's double portrait with his wife Saskia depicts the couple in a moment of merry exuberance. While the artist turns around to the viewer and raises his glass to him, Saskia sits in a more restrained pose on his left knee, her head turned in an unnatural rotation toward the front of the canvas. The motif of the half-length carousing couple the effect heightened by the chiaroscuro, recalls scenes of the Utrecht Caravaggists that unquestionably influenced Rembrandt's oeuvre.

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  • Title: Rembrandt and Saskia in the Scene of the Prodigal Son
  • Creator Lifespan: 1606 - 1669
  • Creator Nationality: Netherlands
  • Creator Gender: Male
  • Creator Death Place: Amsterdam
  • Creator Birth Place: Leiden
  • Date Created: ca. 1635
  • Physical Dimensions: w1310 x h1610 cm
  • Painter: Rembrandt
  • Collection: Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (Old Masters Picture Gallery)
  • Type: painting
  • Rights: Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden Photograph: Hans Peter Klut/Elke Estel
  • External Link: http://skd-online-collection.skd.museum/de/contents/show?id=376227
Old Masters Picture Gallery, Dresden State Art Museums

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