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Her gorgeous gown is a seventeenth-century version of Renaissance dress and she carries an enormous bunch of spring flowers that includes tulips, roses, primulas and tiny pinks. More flowers decorate her neck and forehead. Pearls hang from her ears and peep from the crown of her head. Delicate green leaves wind round the stick in her other hand.
In their seven years of marriage, Saskia had four children. Only their son Titus survived. A year after he was born, Saskia died, so the ‘goddess of spring’ never reached the summer of her life.
Title
Saskia van Uylenburgh in Arcadian Costume
Date
1635
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 123.5 x W 97.5 cm
Accession number
NG4930
Acquisition method
bought with contributions from The Art Fund, 1938
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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Stories
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Rembrandt van Rijn: the master of the portraitAndrew Greg
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Costume drama: goddess cosplay in the eighteenth centuryCandy Bedworth