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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.
Geertje Dircx (Edam, 1610-1615 - in of na 1656) was een minnares van de Hollandse kunstschilder Rembrandt van Rijn en het kindermeisje van zijn zoon Titus. Geertje benoemde Titus als haar voornaamste erfgenaam.
Dec 27, 2023 · Geertje Dircx was a loyal servant and lover of Rembrandt who sued him for a marriage promise and ended up in prison. Learn about her life, her role in the artist's works, and the recent theatrical and historical interest in her fate.
Geertje became Rembrandt’s lover, they did not hide from public their sinful sexual relations. This affair was an anodyne to Rembrandt’s grief; he even gave some jewellery of his late wife to his lover Geertje as a gift.
Geertje Dircx [ˈɣɪːrcə dɪrks], née vers 1610 à Edam et morte en 1656, est la maîtresse de Rembrandt après la mort de son épouse Saskia. Engagée comme gouvernante et nourrice sèche de Titus, le fils du peintre, elle vit plusieurs années avec Rembrandt.
May 5, 2016 · After the death of his wife, Saskia, in 1642, Rembrandt took on two lovers successively, his son’s former wet nurse Geertje Dircx and his housekeeper turned common-law wife Hendrickje Stoffels. The affair with Geertje ended poorly in 1649 .
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Feb 27, 2019 · His two subsequent relationships — one with Geertje Dircx, his son’s nanny, and Hendrickje Stoffels, mother of his daughter, Cornelia, both ended tragically.
