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- Geertje Dircx (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɣeːrcə ˈdɪr (ə)ks]; c. 1610-1615 – c. 1656) was the lover of Rembrandt van Rijn after the death of his wife Saskia. She was hired as a nurse to the painter's son Titus, but lived with Rembrandt as his lover for several years.
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Geertje Dircx ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɣeːrcə ˈdɪr (ə)ks]; c. 1610-1615 – c. 1656) was the lover of Rembrandt van Rijn after the death of his wife Saskia. She was hired as a nurse to the painter's son Titus, but lived with Rembrandt as his lover for several years.
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Dec 27, 2023 · The voice of Geertje Dircx (ca. 1610-1656), the woman Rembrandt managed to have locked up in a House of Correction despite their having been lovers, has been heard louder than ever in the...
May 6, 2013 · With Saskia’s death in June 1642, the thirty-six year old Rembrandt was left alone with his nine month old son Titus. He needed help with bringing up his son and so living in the household at the time was Geertje Dircx who had been acting as Titus’ wet nurse.
Could we be sure that we have never seen Geertje Dircx’s face? Or did we see it somewhere? In the middle of the XX century Yuriy Kuznetsov , a Russian art expert from the Hermitage Museum carried out an X-ray scan of the Danaë by Rembrandt.
Who was Geertje Dircx? Geertje Dircx [ˈɣɪːrcə dɪrks] was the lover of Rembrandt van Rijn after the death of his wife Saskia. She was hired as a wetnurse to the painter's son Titus, but lived with Rembrandt as his lover for several years.
that the litigious Geertghe Dircx, whose unruly behaviour had caused her to be confined (in 1651) to a House of Correction in Gouda, was about to be freed. Despite Rembrandt's attempt to prevent this, she was released in 1655. Since the regular payments which Rembrandt owed her since 1651 had been
In 1642, Rembrandt hired a widow of peasant stock named Geertghe Dircx to help care for nine-year-old Titus as Saskia was ill. Geertghe became Rembrandt's lover but their relationship had difficulties.
