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OCR: LIFE Amsterdam in 1631 and obtained many commissions for portraits from wealthy merchants. The "Self-Portrait with Saskia" (his wife, Saskia van Uylenburgh), of about 1634 (Gemaldegalerie, Dresden), displays their prosperity in warm tones and rich, glittering textiles. Saskia died in 1642, and that year Rembrandt's fortunes began to decline (he eventually became bankrupt in 1656). His work became more somber, revealing a deeper emotional content, and his portraits were increasingly melancholy; for example, "Jan Six" (1654, Six Collection, Amsterdam). From 1660 onwards he lived with Hendrickje Stoffels, but he outlived her, and in 1668 his only surviving child, Titus, died too. Rembrandt had many pupils, including Gerard Dou and Carel Fabritius. Rembrandt