Marten Soolmans by Rembrandt van Rijn from the old master collection

Marten Soolmans & Oopjen Coppit . Rembrandt painted the marriage portraits at the age of 28, commissioned by the two newlyweds Marten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit in 1634 in Amsterdam. The portraits, which are more than two metres tall, remained in private hands for almost 400 years. Rembrandt painted the marriage portraits at the age of 28, commissioned by the two newlyweds in 1634 in Amsterdam. The meticulous rendering of the rich costumes, the movement of the figures and the nuanced light make these paintings one of Rembrandt's masterpieces. The portraits also depict a milestone in Dutch history: the rise of the ambitious, young Republic in the Golden Age. The fact that these two citizens of Amsterdam were portrayed with such regal allure in the most lavish costumes after the latest French fashion says much about their pride and prosperity and about the rise and pretension of the young Republic. Until then, life-size portraits had only been reserved for royalty and nobility. These were Rembrandt's first life-size, standing and full-length pendant portraits, and the only ones he would ever paint.

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