Titus van Rijn

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Portrait of Titus. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Titus van Rijn (born September 22, 1641 in Amsterdam , † beginning of September 1668 there ) was the only one of the four children of Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn and Saskia van Uylenburgh to survive childhood. Titus appears several times as a model in Rembrandt's pictures and studies.

Before Rembrandt's bankruptcy in 1656, the latter transferred ownership of his house to Titus. Together with his stepmother Hendrickje Stoffels, he started an art trade specializing in Rembrandt's works. At the insistence of his father, Titus had a will written when he was 15, in which he designated Rembrandt as the sole heir.

In 1668 Titus married Magdalena van Loo (1641–1669). Her father Jan, a silversmith, was a brother of his uncle Gerrit van Loo, a lawyer in the municipality of Het Bildt . They lived in a house on the Singel with his mother-in-law. From this marriage a child was born: Titia (1669–1715).

Titus van Rijn died of the plague at the beginning of September 1668 at the age of 27. He was buried in the Westerkerk . His wife and mother-in-law died a year later.

A picture of Titus ( Titus at the desk , 1655) adorns the cover of the bestseller Education. An essay by Hartmut von Hentig .

Web links

Commons : Titus van Rijn  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ C. Hofstede De Groot: The documents about Rembrandt: 1575-1721 . Springer, 2013, ISBN 978-94-015-3226-6 , pp. 310 .
  2. ^ C. Hofstede De Groot: The documents about Rembrandt: 1575-1721 . Springer, 2013, ISBN 978-94-015-3226-6 , pp. 385 .
  3. ^ Klaus Albrecht Schröder, Marian Bisanz Prakken: Rembrandt . Ed. Minerva, 2004, ISBN 3-932353-87-0 , pp. 23 .
  4. ^ Klaus Albrecht Schröder, Marian Bisanz Prakken: Rembrandt . Ed. Minerva, 2004, ISBN 3-932353-87-0 , pp. 198 .
  5. ↑ Hartmut von Hentig : Education. An essay . 5th updated edition. Beltz Publishing Group, Weinheim 2004, ISBN 3-407-22158-4 .
personal data
SURNAME Rijn, Titus van
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Son of Rembrandt
DATE OF BIRTH September 22, 1641
PLACE OF BIRTH Amsterdam
DATE OF DEATH September 1668
Place of death Amsterdam