Saskia van Uylenburgh
Birth Sign Leo
Birthplace Leeuwarden, Netherlands
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About
Wife and model for the great Baroque painter Rembrandt von Rijn.
Before Fame
She met Rembrandt while traveling through Amsterdam with a company of painters.
Trivia
She was of a much higher social class than Rembrandt, but pushed to marry him as soon as possible anyway.
Family Life
She married Rembrandt in 1634, and had one child that survived into adulthood.
Associated With
She was once the model for several of Rembrandt's portraits.