The Private Life of a Masterpiece

Pilih Musim

Daftar Episode (Musim 2)

E1

Rembrandt van Rijn: The Night Watch

Why should a painting of a group of part-time Amsterdam militiamen, dressed up for an occasion that wasn't serious anyway, have become the most revered painting in Holland? The full story of Rembrandt's masterpiece.

E2

Johannes Vermeer: The Art of Painting

Of all Vermeer's paintings, it was probably this picture that he held in greatest esteem. It was the painting he used to show off his skills to customers. A customer three centuries after he died was none other than Adolf Hitler

E3

Diego Velázquez: The Rokeby Venus

She's been called 'the most smackable bum in art'. Velazquez's portrait of a young woman lying naked on a couch gazing at her reflection in a mirror held by Cupid has an extraordinary story

E4

Eugene Delacroix: Liberty Leading the People