Rembrandt van Rijn - The Shipbuilder and his Wife 1633
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The Shipbuilder and his Wife 1633
113x169cm oil/canvas
Royal Collection Trust, UK
The image is only being used for informational and educational purposes
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From Royal Collection Trust, UK:
Traditionally called The Shipbuilder and his Wife, this couple were identified in 1970 as Jan Rijcksen (1560/2-1637) and his wife Griet Jans. He was a shareholder in the Dutch East India Company and from 1620 their master shipbuilder; both were Roman Catholics. He is shown working on what looks like a treatise on shipbuilding rather than a specific design, with inscriptions on the various papers naming the sitter, the artist and the date, 1633. The only object not immediately identifiable is the instrument for drawing the curving planks running lengthways down a ship’s hull.