Tag: popular artist
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What’s the Connection Between Rembrandt van Rijn and Hendrick Uylenburgh?
By Marion Boddy-Evans When Rembrandt moved from Leiden to Amsterdam in 1631, at the age of 25, he spent four years working in the painters’ workshop of the art dealer Hendrick Uylenburgh. Uylenburgh was instrumental in developing Rembrandt’s career as a portrait artist and getting him commissions. Rembrandt married Uylenburgh’s niece, Saskia, in 1634. Hendrick Uylenburgh was born between 1584 […]