Titus van Rijn
Titus van Rijn | |
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Born | |
Died | September 4, 1668 | (aged 26)
Resting place | Westerkerk, Amsterdam |
Spouse | Magdalena van Loo |
Children | Titia van Rijn |
Parent(s) | Rembrandt van Rijn Saskia van Uylenburgh |
Titus van Rijn (22 September 1641 – 4 September 1668) was the fourth and only surviving child of
Early life
Titus grew up in what is now
At age 14, in 1655, a year of plague, Titus made a will at his father's insistence, making his father sole heir, shutting out his mother’s family. In 1656 Rembrandt “assigned” his share in the house to Titus just four weeks prior to the application for cessio bonorum.[3] After Rembrandt's bankruptcy, Rembrandt lost the guardianship of his son and thus control over his actions. A new guardian, Louis Crayers, claimed the house in settlement of Titus’s debt.[4] By February 1658, Rembrandt' house was sold at a foreclosure auction, and the family moved from Jodenbreestraat to more modest lodgings at Rozengracht.[5] The authorities and his creditors were generally accommodating to Rembrandt but he could not sell anything without their knowledge. To get around this, Hendrickje and Titus set up a dummy corporation as art dealers in 1660, with Rembrandt who had board and lodging, to continue his artistic pursuits.[6][7]
In 1661, they secured a contract for a major project at the newly completed
Titus was the largest and
Marriage and death
In February 1668, Titus married the daughter of a silversmith, Magdalena van Loo (1641-1669), related to his aunt in
References
- ^ Ruysscher, D. D., & ’T Veld, C. I. (2021). Rembrandt’s insolvency: The artist as legal actor, Oud Holland–Journal for Art of the Low Countries, 134(1), 9-24. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/18750176-13401002
- ^ VUB researchers study artist’s financial management
- ^ VUB researchers study artist’s financial management
- S2CID 236619973– via brill.com.
- ^ "Inventarissen". archief.amsterdam.
- ^ Clark, 1974 p. 105
- ^ "De geldzaken van Rembrandt - Stadsarchief Amsterdam".
- ^ Clark 1974, pp. 60–61
- ^ "380 Whitewashing Rembrandt, part 2 – Gary Schwartz Art Historian". 1 March 2020.
- ^ Wexuan, Li. "Review of: 'Rembrandts plan: De ware geschiedenis van zijn faillissement", Oud Holland Reviews, April 2020.
- ^ Ruysscher, D. D., & ’T Veld, C. I. (2021). Rembrandt’s insolvency: The artist as legal actor, Oud Holland – Journal for Art of the Low Countries, 134(1), 9-24. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/18750176-13401002
- ^ Wexuan, Li. "Review of: 'Rembrandts plan: De ware geschiedenis van zijn faillissement", Oud Holland Reviews, April 2020.
- ^ in 't Veld, M. (2019). Rembrandts boedelafstand: Een institutionele en politieke benadering. Pro Memorie : Bijdragen tot de rechtsgeschiedenis der Nederlanden, 21(1), 72-89. https://doi.org/10.5117/PM2019.1.004.VELD
- ^ S.A.C. Dudok van Heel (1987) Dossier Rembrandt
- ^ "Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn". rembrandtpainting.net. Rembrandt Biography and Chronology. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ^ https://bobwessels.nl/blog/2019-10-doc2-r-i-p-rembrandt-4-october-1669/
- ^ Dudok van Heel, S.A.C. (1987) Dossier Rembrandt, pp. 86–88
- ^ Amsterdam City Archive
External links
Media related to Titus van Rijn at Wikimedia Commons