Rijksmuseum

Bedroom with Saskia in a Canopy Bed

Date

c. 1638

Medium

paint (coating), prepared paper, ink

Culture

Amsterdam

Institution

Rijksmuseum

Rembrandt’s wife, Saskia, sits upright in a canopy bed with heavy curtains. She looks pallid and is probably pregnant, given the nursing couch on the ground. These were usually made of wicker and had a cushion against which the woman could lean when nursing a baby. Saskia is probably pregnant with their first daughter, Cornelia, who lived only three weeks from July 1638.

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