Catch 5

Record ID: 123864
  • Title: Catch 5
  • Date: 14th March 1992
  • Summary: SELF-PORTRAIT WITH A STICK: HENRY CLAY FRICK WAS A POWERFUL AMERICAN STEEL-MAGNATE AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY. HE HAD A GRAND HOUSE IN NEW YORK AND A DISTINGUISHED COLLECTION OF EUROPEAN MASTERPIECES. IN 1658 REMBRANDT WAS A BANKRUPT. HE HAD FINALLY LOST HIS HOUSE IN OLD AMSTERDAM. HE HAD HAD TO SELL ALL HIS PAINTINGS AND BELONGINGS. BUT IN A HUGE SELF PORTRAIT HE PAINTS HIMSELF DEFIANTLY OUTFACING DISASTER IN A RICH FUR COAT, A GOLDEN SASH AND A HEAVY GOLD CHAIN. FRICK ADMIRED THIS PAINTING SO MUCH HE BOUGHT IT FOR HIS COLLECTION. JOSEPH HELLER IN HIS TURN MARVELS AT THE PROUD AND AFFLUENT PERSONALITY REMBRANDT HAS CREATED IN PAINT.
  • Description:JOSEPH HELLER INTRODUCES 5 PAINTINGS BY REMBRANDT
  • Broadcaster:Channel 4
  • Collection: Channel 4
  • Genre:Documentary and Factual
  • Producer:INDEPENDENT IMAGE LTD
  • Programme Episode:Episode 5
  • Transmission Date:14/03/1992
  • Rights:On Request
  • Decade: 1990s
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