REMBRANDT H. van Rijn (1606 1669) - Self-portrait, "Rembrandt and his wife Saskia". 1636. Original etching. Signed "Rembrandt f. 1636" in the upper left corner of the composition. Proof on laid paper. Reference: Hind, no. 144, New Hollstein & Bartsch, no. 19. Slightly late print. "In 1634 Rembrandt married Saskia van Uylenburgh, niece of Hendrick van Uylenburgh, a picture dealer with whom the artist had been working since 1631 and with whom he stayed on his arrival in Amsterdam. They had several children, only one of whom, Titus, survived. It was with Saskia that he shared the best years of his life, years of love, triumph and prosperity. She not only served as a model for his portraits, but also embodied various allegorical figures in his paintings. After Saskia's death in 1642, Rembrandt lived first with her son's nurse, Geertje Dircx, and later with Hendrickje Stoffels. All three women can be found in his paintings, but the engraved portraits in which Saskia appears are the most beautiful. This is the only print in which Rembrandt and Saskia, with whom he had portrayed himself the previous year in the painting "The Prodigal Son", appear together in a completely different attitude and mood" (BNF). 10,4 x 9,5 cm. Condition A (Cut at the copper mark before the square line).