. Rembrandt : his life, his work, and his time. some of the formalities con-nected with the publication of the banns. When all was in order, theartist returned to his bride ; the marriage took place in the town-hall of Bildt, in the presence of the Van Loos, June 22. 1634,and was afterwards solemnized at the parish church by the minister,Rodolf Hermansz Luinga. Ardent in temperament and somewhat unsociable as we knowRembrandt to have been, we can readily imagine that he hastenedto carry off his bride to the home he had prepared, and in whichhe was impatient to hide his happiness from the world
. Rembrandt : his life, his work, and his time. some of the formalities con-nected with the publication of the banns. When all was in order, theartist returned to his bride ; the marriage took place in the town-hall of Bildt, in the presence of the Van Loos, June 22. 1634,and was afterwards solemnized at the parish church by the minister,Rodolf Hermansz Luinga. Ardent in temperament and somewhat unsociable as we knowRembrandt to have been, we can readily imagine that he hastenedto carry off his bride to the home he had prepared, and in whichhe was impatient to hide his happiness from the world. Saskiassimple and loving nature knew no wishes but her devoted to him, she never sought to direct hiscourse, and there was no consciousness of sacrifice in thereadiness with which she gave up all to him. Rembrandts tastesand pleasures should be hers. To him, idleness was impossible; ^ Reinbratidt: Discours sur sa Vie et son Gau\\ liy Dr. Scheltenia; published andannotated by W. Burger. Paris. Rciiouard. 1S66. 136 REMBRANDT. rejoicing- in the possibility of combining the two passions of hisheart, he set to work at once, takino- advantage of the charmingmodel who henceforth was never to leave him. A beautifulsilver point sketch in the Berlin Museum, to which Vosmaerwas the first to call attention, shows us Saskias pleasant features,drawn with a firm and elegant touch. The young woman, who wearsa broad-brimmed hat. rests her head upon her left hand, and holdsa (lower in her right. Her face is full of a sweet tranquillity. Theinscription written below by Rembrandt gives us the following in-formation : This is a portrait of my wife at the age of twenty-one,drawn the third day after we were betrothed, June 8, 1633. Vosmaers rendering of the Dutchterm getroitiut by the word married raises a question as tothe authenticity of this drawing,for Rembrandt and Saskia weremarried, as we know, on June 22,1634 ; but, as Dr. Bredius pointsout, getroiizut was also used in the
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