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Caravaggio

50 min

Bernini

50 min

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Rembrandt

50 min

Jacques-Louis David

50 min

Turner

50 min

Van Gogh

50 min

Picasso

50 min

Rothko

50 min

Simon Schama's Power of Art

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Rembrandt

Season 1 · Episode 3 · Nov 2, 2006

Born to a family of millers in Leiden, Rembrandt left university at 14 to pursue a career as an artist. The decision turned out to be a good one since after serving his apprenticeship in Amsterdam he was singled out by Constantijn Huygens, the most influential patron in Holland. In 1634 he married Saskia van Uylenburgh. In 1649, following Saskia's death from tuberculosis, Hendrickje Stoffels entered Rembrandt's household and six years later they had a son. Rembrandt's success in his early years was as a portrait painter to the rich denizens of Amsterdam at a time when the city was being transformed from a small nondescript port into the economic capital of the world. His historical and religious paintings also gave him wide acclaim. Despite being known as a portrait painter Rembrandt used his talent to push the boundaries of painting. This direction made him unpopular in the later years of his career as he shifted from being the talk of the town to becoming adrift in the Amsterdam art scene and criticised by his peers.

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Simon Schama's Power of Art

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200650m8.2

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Rembrandt

Season 1 · Episode 3 · Nov 2, 2006

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