Who is the girl on the Night Watch?

You've probably heard of the Night Watch and most likely you've seen it in a photo or in real life. There is a scamming girl on the Night Watch and if you look closely at her you can see that she is very similar to Saskia Uylenburgh (Rembrandt's wife). 

She was Rembrandt's wife and together they had a child named Titus van Rijn, before that they had already had three children (a son and two daughters), but after a short time they died. Saskia died and then he hired Geertje to take care of his son Titus and soon a relationship formed. Their relationship soon ended in an argument and after that Rembrandt had two more women Hendrickje and Cornelia. Rembrandt couldn't marry them, because he still had feelings for his first wife Saskia. 

That's why I think Rembrandt painted Saskia on the Night Watch as the little light-up Girl to honor her and to express his love for her.

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