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Rembrandt van Rijn - Portrait of Hendrikje Stoffels 1654

Portrait of Hendrikje Stoffels 1654
74x61cm oil/canvas
Louvre, Paris, France
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From Louvre, Paris:
A half-length portrait of a beautiful young woman of about twenty, richly dressed in fur and jewels. This is a loving portrayal by Rembrandt of Hendrickje Stoffels, the second nursemaid of Titus, Rembrandt's son by his wife Saskia (who died in 1642). Hendrickje became Rembrandt's mistress-a relationship that was frowned upon by Calvinist society, and condemned by the Reformed Church of Amsterdam. Yet she remained with Rembrandt and bore him two children, one of whom died very young. Along with Titus, Hendrickje managed an art firm through which Rembrandt sold his works, with shaky financial results, until she died in 1663, six years before the master himself.