Title

Portrait of Jan Cornelis Sylvius, preacher, 1633. Creator: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn.

Caption

Portrait of Jan Cornelis Sylvius, preacher, 1633. Jan Cornelis Sylvius (1564-1638), a preacher in the Dutch Reformed Church in Amsterdam beginning in 1610, was the legal guardian of Rembrandt?s wife-to-be, Saskia van Uylenburgh. It was to Sylvius that Rembrandt made his appeal for Saskia?s hand.

Date

1633

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Ashmolean Museum

Reference

HRM20A33_485

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

122,1Mb (8,3Mb) / 20,0in x 23,7in / 5993 x 7119 (300dpi)

Keywords

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