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Rembrandt's mother with her hand on her chest
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Rembrandt’s mother most certainly modelled here, yet not for the usual facial studies, but rather for larger, tronie-like interpretations. At left, she sits like an ‘oude Persiaanse vrou’ (old Persian woman) in an imaginary, Oriental-looking headdress. At right, she wears a mid-16th-century shirt, so contemporaries would immediately have understood that she was garbed ‘op zijn antieks’ (à l’antique).
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineRembrandts moeder met haar hand op de borst. 1631. Rembrandt van Rijn. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
