Strike a Pose

Ladies with an attitude
Fellows that were in the mood
Don't just stand there, let's get to it
Strike a pose, there's nothing to it

I was in Kelvingrove this afternoon and managed to take this shot of Rembrandt's masterpiece. Loved the intesity of this viewer on the painting.

Painted in 1635 by the Dutch master, Saskia in Arcadian Costume shows his first wife Saskia van Uylenburgh as a Roman deity.

The work is now on display at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum until May next year as part of a reciprocal agreement with the National Gallery in London.

The National Gallery is borrowing another one of Rembrandt's most famous works, his A Man in Armour, which usually hangs in the Glasgow gallery, for the major Rembrandt: The Late Works exhibition.

Saskia in Arcadian Costume will be on display at Kelvingrove alongside six of Rembrandt's etchings, two of which have not been shown there before.

Saskia van Uylenburgh (1612-1642), married Rembrandt in 1634 and brought him a large dowry.

They had met in the studio of her cousin Hendrick Uylenburgh, who was Rembrandt's employer after his arrival in Amsterdam.

Rembrandt painted the portrait in the year after their wedding.

Many thanks for keeping my Shadowland image in the Spotlight all day.