Marten and Oopjen: Two Monumental Portraits by Rembrandt

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.