The Shipbuilder and his Wife
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The Shipbuilder and his Wife is a 1633 painting by Rembrandt. The sitters were identified in 1970 as Jan Rijcksen (1560/1562–1637) and his wife Griet Jans Rijcksen. Rijcksen was a shareholder in the Dutch East India Company, and became its master shipbuilder in 1620. The painting has been in the Royal Collection since 1811.
At this relatively early date, Rembrandt was accomplished at depicting the natural surfaces of wood, leather, skin, and hair, and he had become a fashionable
This portrait is among the best documented of Rembrandt's works. It was recorded in the estate of the sitters' son Cornelis Jansz. Reijckx at his death in November 1659, and at two sales in Amsterdam: the sale of the collection of
The oil on canvas painting measures 113.8 by 169.8 centimetres (44.8 in × 66.9 in) but it may have been cut down from a larger work: an early etching dated 1800 shows more space above the sitters' heads.
See also
References
- The Shipbuilder and his Wife, Royal Collection
- A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings: Volume II: 1631–1634, J. Bruyn, B. Haak, S. H. Levie, P. J. J. van Thiel, pp. 367–377
- Portrait of the shipbuilder Jan Rijcksen and his wife Griet Jans, 1633 in the RKD
- 933. The Shipbuilder and his Wife in Hofstede de Groot, 1914
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
