Bellona
by REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn, Oil on canvas, 127 x 98 cm
Catalogue number: Bredius 467.
Formerly, the painting was often considered to depict Rembrandt’s fianc�e, Saskia, serving as a model in his studio. However, the painting is not a portrait of any kind, and Saskia van Uylenburgh bore no more than a slight resemblance to the woman seen in the present picture. The painting was probably commissioned as a decoration, perhaps in The Hague where Rembrandt worked for a period in 1632.