RM24001 - A national icon

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RM24001 – A National Icon

Welcome or welcome back again. In this episode I I wil tell you why Rembrandt is a national icon in the Netherlands. How, when, and why did he become a Dutch national hero? Mmmm? Rembrandt a Dutch icon? There was plenty of criticism about him. He was bad with money. Wasn't he trying to defraud his creditors? Wasn't he grumpy and stubborn in his dealings? Why then such enormous adoration for the man? Is Rembrandt still tenable as a Dutch icon today?
1. Idea, research, author and narration: Bob Wessels: linkedin.com/in/bobwessels
2. Artwork, editing, production: Jan Wind: linkedin.com/in/janwind-videomaker
3. Artwork based on the bookcover of ‘Rembrandt’s money’ designed by Teun Okkerse: linkedin.com/in/theun-okkerse-516130b
4. Copyright accountability:
Music: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (orchestra) - Thomas Beecham (conductor) The Salomon Symphonies (Volume One) — Capitol Records, 1958. GCR 7127. Copyright Public Domain - Source: Internet Archive - Public Domain
Pciture in artwork: Statue of Rembrandt on Rembrandtplein; 31 mei 2007, 10:49; Photograph: Matt Mechtley from Heidelberg, Deutschland; CC

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For a few years I did extensive research, leading to my book of Rembrandt’s Money. The legal and financial life of an artist-entrepreneur in 17th century Holland. The first edition of the book Rembrandt’s Money, published in autumn 2021. It is nearly sold out. See https://webshop.rembrandthuis.nl/nl/rembrandts-money.htmlOr: https://shop.wolterskluwer.nl/Rembrandt-s-Money-sNPREMBMON/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAu9yqBhBmEiwAHTx5p09qw-mnSxvfLuexD9n-MFLvE_EABhlDHGVEMVes2b2ygNNeyMim-BoCqbgQAvD_BwE

Chapter

1. Start and introduction Bob Wessels (00:00:00)

2. Rembrandt's unknown life as an entrepeneur (00:00:27)

3. A new and different perspective on Rembrandt (00:00:40)

4. Welcome to this episode: 'A national icon' (00:01:10)

5. Plenty of criticism about him.... (00:01:31)

6. How the vision of Paul Schnabel challenges us (00:02:06)

7. About the Nightwatch (00:02:51)

8. A journey in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam (00:03:08)

9. How does something become a national icon? (00:03:45)

10. Back to the canon of the Netherlands (00:05:00)

11. Why was Rembrandt chosen as a national icon in the Dutch canon?? (00:06:00)

12. An artist plays a role in the formation of a nation (00:08:20)

13. How the split of Belgium and the Netherlands feed new nationalism (00:09:00)

14. What are symbols of a country? (00:10:50)

15. Rembrandt instead of Rubens... (00:11:30)

16. How the King revealed the statue of the old master (00:12:45)

17. How celebrated the Dutch 350 years after the death of Rembrandt? (00:13:48)

18. Rembrandt became big business (00:14:10)

19. How many authentic Rembrandt's are there? (00:15:08)

20. On an auction in London... (00:16:20)

21. How the 'Standard bearer' traveled thru all Dutch provinces (00:17:40)

22. The whole world comes to see the Night Watch... (00:18:35)

23. Morality and money... The pastor and the merchant... (00:19:30)

24. Room for another view? (00:20:25)

25. That's it for this time, what is next? (00:22:14)

26. Looking for even more details and sources? (00:22:30)

27. Consult the book: 'Rembrandt's money' (00:22:40)

28. Next episode is about Rembrandt's early period in Leiden (00:23:08)

29. Jet another compelling and fascinating Rembrandt story (00:23:50)