. Rembrandt : his life, his work, and his time. PKN DRAWING, WASHED WITH IKK. (Berlin Print Room.) CHAPTER XI DOMESTIC LIFE—SKETCHES AND ETCHINOS MADE i;V REMBRANDT FROM SASKIA ANDHIMSELF—PORTRAITS AND PICTURES FROM 1635 TO 164O— GANYMEDE, AND REM-BRANDTS MYTHOLOGICAL COMPOSITIONS—THE DANAE IN THE HERMITAGE— SUSANNA AT THE BATH AND THE MARRIAGE OF SAMSON —STUDIES OF STILL-LIFE—THE BOOK OF TORIT—ETCHINGS OF THIS PERIOD—THE DEATH OF D URING the summer of 1635, Saskiavisited her relations in Friesland, andon July 12 she was present at thebaptism of a child of Iliskias. It is notimprob
. Rembrandt : his life, his work, and his time. PKN DRAWING, WASHED WITH IKK. (Berlin Print Room.) CHAPTER XI DOMESTIC LIFE—SKETCHES AND ETCHINOS MADE i;V REMBRANDT FROM SASKIA ANDHIMSELF—PORTRAITS AND PICTURES FROM 1635 TO 164O— GANYMEDE, AND REM-BRANDTS MYTHOLOGICAL COMPOSITIONS—THE DANAE IN THE HERMITAGE— SUSANNA AT THE BATH AND THE MARRIAGE OF SAMSON —STUDIES OF STILL-LIFE—THE BOOK OF TORIT—ETCHINGS OF THIS PERIOD—THE DEATH OF D URING the summer of 1635, Saskiavisited her relations in Friesland, andon July 12 she was present at thebaptism of a child of Iliskias. It is notimprobable that Rembrandt accompanied loved the country, and he would naturallyhave taken pleasure in revisiting the scenesamong which they had been united the yearbefore. The visit, however, must have beena brief one, for Saskia was herself about tol>ecome a mother. Her first child was aboy, who was ba|)tized Rombcrtus, afterhis malcrn;d grandfather, in the Oude-Kerk of Amsterdam, December 15, 1635. Saskias brother-in-law, Frans Copal, was the chosen godfather. But his journey to Amsterdam was prevented, probabl)- by the bad weather, and the Sylviuses were his proxies at the ceremony. Tlu; advent of his first-born must have filled Rembrandts heart with DRAWJNG. WAStlKD Wl TH INPIAN INK (British Museum.) feelinofs hitherto unknown. He was able to watch the awakening of M i62 REMBRANDT life in the little creature, and to study its
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