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Petrus Sylvius (?)
Rembrandt1637
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The sitter’s flamboyant beret once led people to assume that he was a painter, for instance Gerard Dou or Ferdinand Bol, pupils of Rembrandt. However, he is probably Petrus Sylvius, a first cousin of Rembrandt’s wife, Saskia. Sylvius was a preacher, who was appointed to lead a congregation in Friesland in 1637, and his departure may well have occasioned this portrait.
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Details
- Title: Petrus Sylvius (?)
- Creator: Rijn, Rembrandt van
- Date Created: 1637
- Physical Dimensions: papier
- Subject Keywords: Sylvius, Petrus Johannes
- Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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