Sun breakfast around Saskia's grave this time with Rijksmuseum curator Friso Lammertse as guest speaker. Lammertse will talk about Saskia and her son Titus, Rembrandt and Saskia's only child to survive infancy. As every year, there will be a breakfast including Frisian sugar bread, music and at 08:39 the sunbeam on Saskia's grave. Music by violinist Lisa Jacobs.
Rembrandt and Saskia in the Old Church
The lives of Saskia Uylenburgh (1612-1642) and Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) are closely intertwined with the history of the Oude Kerk. In the summer of 1634, Rembrandt signed their marriage certificate in the Mirror Room of the Oude Kerk. Saskia was the model for many of Rembrandt's works. The young couple lived a stone's throw from the church. During this period, Rembrandt made many etchings of the neighbourhood around the Oude Kerk. In 1642, Saskia died of tuberculosis at the age of 29. She was buried in the Weitkoperskapel.
