Published with Rijksmuseum.
The Rijksmuseum and the Louvre made news worldwide when they acquired two monumental Rembrandt portraits that had rarely been seen in public in the previous century and a half. Now they are on display alternately in Amsterdam and Paris. Jonathan Bikker tells the story of the well-to-do newlyweds Marten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit, who in 1634 commissioned Rembrandt to paint their portraits, full-length and life-size.