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Petrus Sylvius (?)
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The sitter’s flamboyant beret once led people to assume that he was a painter, for instance Gerard Dou or Ferdinand Bol, pupils of Rembrandt. However, he is probably Petrus Sylvius, a first cousin of Rembrandt’s wife, Saskia. Sylvius was a preacher, who was appointed to lead a congregation in Friesland in 1637, and his departure may well have occasioned this portrait.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit linePetrus Sylvius (?). 1637. Rembrandt van Rijn. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
