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

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

2-757-157 - © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford/Heritage Images

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.

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People Information

Creator
  1. Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, attributed to: Dutch: Artist, painter, printmaker
Subject
  1. Jan Cornelis Sylvius: Dutch: Preacher
Medium
  1. Etching
Picture Type
  1. Portrait
Geographic Hierarchy

World Europe Netherlands

  1. 52 30 00 N , 005 45 00 E
Category Hierarchy

Artistic Representations Portraits

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5993x7119
File Size : 124,993kb

Aliases

  1. WA1855.364
  1. 0870002712
  1. 2-757-157
  1. 2757157
  1. WA1855.364

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