Rembrandt, Saskia With a Flower
1641Rembrandt, Saskia With a Flower
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Overview
Rembrandt, Saskia With a Flower is also known as Saskia van Uylenburgh As Flora
Medium: Oil
Support: Oak panel
Size: 97.7 x 82.2 cm
Art period: Baroque
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (State Art Gallery Dresden)
Gallery Nr 1562
Image credit: The Rembrandt Database, normal light studies: photograph, overall (front), 2005, (record number 15686); Rembrandt, Saskia van Uylenburgh as Flora, dated 1641, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden – Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden, inv./cat. no. 1562
Characterization of Rembrandt, Saskia With a Flower by the scientists of the Rembrandt Research Foundation (1):
“An authentic work, reasonably well preserved in vital areas, and probably reliably signed and dated 1641.”
(1) J. Bruyn, B. Haak, S. H. Levie, P. J. J. Van Thiel, E. Van De Wetering, Saskia as Flora, in A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings, Stichting Foundation Rembrandt Research Project Volume 3, 1989, pp 395-402.
Pigments
Pigment Analysis
This pigment analysis is based on the work of Herrmann Kühn at the Doerner Institute (1). Reports on technical examination of this painting including infrared and X-ray images can be found on the website of the Rembrandt Database.
1 White points in the flower: lead white with a small amount of madder lake.
2 Red skirt: lead white, vermilion, and bone black.
3 Yellow belt: yellow ochre, lead white, madder lake, and gamboge.
4 Green-brown background: yellow ochre, bone black, lead white, and Vandyke brown.
References
(1) Kühn, Hermann. ‘Untersuchungen zu den Pigmenten und Malgründen Rembrandts, durchgeführt an den Gemälden der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden’, Maltechnik/Restauro, issue 4 (1977): 223-233.
Pigments Used in This Painting
Resources
See the collection of online and offline resources such as books, articles, videos, and websites on Rembrandt in the section ‘Resources on Painters‘
PowerPoint Presentations
Painter in Context: Rembrandt
A richly illustrated presentation on the painting technique and pigments employed by Hieronymus Bosch specially crafted for Art Education. (Number of Slides = 20)
- Each presentation starts with the basic resources on the painter such as his biography, main catalogs of his paintings, and a bibliography.
- Next, you find slides describing the painting technique of the artist and the pigments he usually employed in his work.
- The majority of the slides show examples of paintings containing the specific pigments.
The majority of the slides show important examples of paintings where Rembrandt employed specific pigments. The slides are organized according to the color of the pigments.
Videos
Video: 'Rembrandt & Saskia Exhibition' by Fries Museum 2018 | Irene Veltman
Video: 'Rembrandt's Women' by Rembrandt Tour
Publications and Websites
Publications
(1) Kühn, Hermann. ‘Untersuchungen zu den Pigmenten und Malgründen Rembrandts, durchgeführt an den Gemälden der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden’, Maltechnik/Restauro, issue 4 (1977): 223-33
(2) Julia Lloyd Williams, with a contribution by S.A.C. Dudok van Heel, Rembrandt’s women, Catalogue of an exhibition held in 2001 in Edinburgh (National Gallery of Scotland) and London (Royal Academy of Arts)
271 pp.
(3) Hans Kauffmann, Eine Vorzeichnung Rembrandts zur Dresdener Saskia von 1641, in: Repertorium für Kunstwissenschaft, p. 34-56, 1918.
(4) J. Bruyn, B. Haak, S. H. Levie, P. J. J. Van Thiel, E. Van De Wetering, Saskia as Flora, in A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings, Stichting Foundation Rembrandt Research Project Volume 3, 1989, pp 395-402.
Websites
The Rembrandt Database, various research methods: examination report, 1975, (record number 16748); Rembrandt Saskia van Uylenburgh as Flora, dated 1641, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden – Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden, inv./cat. no. 1562
