Looking For Rembrandt
Catching up on Looking For Rembrandt?
Don't want to miss an episode anymore? Set up a free alarm and receive an email when new episodes are available. Handy!
59:12 Expired
2019 marks 'Rembrandt Year', an international celebration of one of the world's most exalted artists, 350 years after his death. Though his artistic genius is today well recognised, there are mysteries and shadows still lurking in Rembrandt's personal life. How did an incendiary talent, in his youth the darling of Dutch hi... 59:26 Expired
As Rembrandt paints his most iconic work, The Night Watch, and is at the height of his fame, his wife Saskia lay dying. Her death begins a 10 year decline in Rembrandt's output of paintings, as he pours himself into etching instead. Many etchings are erotically charged, perhaps as a result of an affair he has begun with hi... 59:30 Expired
Rembrandt's art is much loved and admired, but his remarkable life is less well known. 350 years after his death, his surprising story is told from an unusual perspective - his own.