
Schama on Rembrandt: Masterpieces of the Late Years
Simon Schama celebrates the masterpieces of Rembrandt's last years. Although the artist fell into bankruptcy and scandal in later years, it took him to new creative heights.
Icarus-like, Rembrandt flew ever higher towards the sun - the most successful artist in the richest city on earth, 17th-century Amsterdam. He lived like a prince and he loved living like a prince. But when his fall came - deep into bankruptcy and scandal, poverty and unfashionability - far from destroying him, it took him to new creative heights and a sense of humanity and the human condition that speaks more directly to us today than Rembrandt in his heyday. Simon Schama celebrates the masterpieces of Rembrandt's last years.
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Simon Schama on Rembrandt
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Simon Schama |
Executive Producer | Basil Comely |
Producer | Frank Hanly |
Director | Frank Hanly |
Assistant Producer | Dan Goldschmied |
Production Coordinator | Grace Brassington |
Broadcasts
- Sat 18 Oct 2014 21:00
- Wed 23 Mar 2016 03:50
- Sat 17 Sep 2016 00:10麻豆官网首页入口 Two except Wales
- Wed 22 Aug 2018 23:00
- Sun 28 Jul 2019 23:05
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