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Rembrandt's Money

Rembrandt's Money

by Bob Wessels

Latest episode
RM24024 - The End of Rembrandt’s family

About this podcast

Imagine, you had in just one live around 25 legal conflicts and battles of all kinds! With clients about the quality of your work or about sharp business prices.

With your neighbor about the costs of reconstruction of your house.

Or for the transfer of your house to a family member to escape you creditors. Yes, I know, it's not you..

Who is this? We’re talking Rembrandt, the world famous painter from the Dutch Golden Age.

I am Bob Wessels and I am from the Netherlands. I am a veteran lawyer with fifty (50) years of legal working experience. In my podcasts I will tell you my opinion on these and many other matters.

In 2021, I published my book “Rembrandt’s Money. The legal and financial life of an artist-entrepreneur in 17th century Holland.” It has received very positive reviews, in England, the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium.

Throughout the year 2024 I will deliver a podcast every fourteen days with an episode of fascinating and telling stories about Rembrandt business and financial affairs. Every episode is between 15-20 minutes, and all are for free.

So if you are on your way to work, in the airport waiting in the lounge, exercising or running, on a journey in a car, train or plane or just have an hour free: welcome to my podcast and learn more about this rather unknown side of Holland’s most famous painter!

Looking forward to connect!

1. Welcome: https://www.rembrandtsmoney.com
1. Blog: https://www.rembrandtsmoney.com/blog/
2. Website: https://www.rembrandtsmoney.com
3. Sources: https://www.rembrandtsmoney.com/sources/
4. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rembrandtsmoney/
5. 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.html

Or: https://shop.wolterskluwer.nl/Rembrandt-s-Money-sNPREMBMON/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAu9yqBhBmEiwAHTx5p09qw-mnSxvfLuexD9n-MFLvE_EABhlDHGVEMVes2b2ygNNeyMim-BoCqbgQAvD_BwE

6. Idea, research, author and narration: Bob Wessels: linkedin.com/in/bobwessels
7. Artwork, editing, production: Jan Wind: linkedin.com/in/janwind-videomaker
8. Artwork based on the bookcover of ‘Rembrandt’s money’ designed by Teun Okkerse: linkedin.com/in/theun-okkerse-516130b
9. 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

Disclaimer:

We have made every effort to trace copyright holders. We publish all texts and/or photos in complete good faith, after obtaining certainty or in the full belief that the material may be used. We kindly ask persons or organizations that claim certain rights or wish withdraw their consent for any reason to contact us immediately. You canfind all contact details in the show notes of the podcast or in the contact information on the website of ‘Rembrandts Money’.

Episodes

The newest 20 of 24 episodes

  • RM24024 - The End of Rembrandt’s family · 30 min · Season 2024 Episode 24Send us Fan Mail In a previous podcast, I ended with the problems surrounding the acceptance of Rembrandt’s inheritance which concerned various people. Here, I’ll provide some…
  • RM24023 - Rembrandt's women · 26 min · Season 2024 Episode 23Send us Fan Mail At least five women played a role in Rembrandt's life and he had a love affair with three of them. First, with Saskia van Uylenburgh (1612-1642), whom he…
  • RM24022 - Rembrandt's last years of his professional life · 26 min · Season 2024 Episode 22Send us Fan Mail Introduction From 1631 onwards, Rembrandt (1606-1669) led a turbulent life in Amsterdam that would span a period of thirty years. He reached the top of his…
  • RM24021 - Rembrandt’s self-portrait of 1658 · 28 min · Season 2024 Episode 21Send us Fan Mail In this episode I will discuss these self-portraits and more specifically Rembrandt’s impressive self-portrait of 1658. Rembrandt was 52 years old when he…
  • RM24020 - The headstrong artist · 29 min · Season 2024 Episode 20Send us Fan Mail One of the reasons I decided to study Rembrandt, the artist-entrepreneur, was that I learnt he had gone ‘bankrupt’ in 1656. This would have brought him into…
  • RM24019 - The Night Watch: The Icon Painting · 23 min · Season 2024 Episode 19Send us Fan Mail Without a doubt, the beautiful work The Night Watch is Rembrandt’s most striking painting. That’s why I’ve dedicated two podcasts to the painting. This second…
  • RM24018 - The Nightwatch: the commission · 24 min · Season 2024 Episode 18Send us Fan Mail If I say ‘The Night Watch’, most Dutch people can immediately conjure up an image of this famous painting. What’s more – they think about it with not only a…
  • RM24017 – Where is Rembrandt’s Etching press · 21 min · Season 2024 Episode 17Send us Fan Mail Query In my podcast RM24011 about Rembrandt’s insolvency, I also discussed which assets where incuded in the well-known inventory-list. It was made up during a…
  • RM24016 - Rembrandt as a draftsman - Hansken · 21 minSend us Fan Mail Dutch East India Company (Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, VOC) Between 1568 and 1648 the seven provinces of the Dutch Republic were at war with Spain. In 1621…
  • RM24015 - Rembrandt's pupils from Dordrecht · 26 minSend us Fan Mail Welcome, or welcome back again! The other day I told you that Rembrandt’s main sources of income were three of a kind: (i) commissions (assignments) for…
  • RM24014 - Studying with Rembrandt · 25 min · Season 2024 Episode 14Send us Fan Mail Welcome, or welcome back again. Today it is literally about Rembrandt's money. Rembrandt had three main sources of income: commissions for paintings, selling…
  • RM24013 - The Chamber of Abandoned and Insolvent Estates · 17 minSend us Fan Mail In my podcast on this subject, I had an interesting conversation with Dr. Maurits den Hollander. In the blog-text accompanying the podcast we decided to post a…
  • RM2024 - Rembrandt's new Town Hall · 22 minSend us Fan Mail In my podcast on this subject, I had an interesting conversation with Dr. Maurits den Hollander. As an introduction, Maurits den Hollander is a historian who…
  • RM24011 - Rembrandt's insolvency · 23 min · Season 2024 Episode 11Send us Fan Mail Welcome, or welcome back again. When I tell people that Rembrandt, the famous Dutch painter, went bankrupt, half of them just didn't know. The other half had…
  • RM24010 - Transferring the house to Titus · 27 min · Season 2024 Episode 10Send us Fan Mail Welcome or welcome back again! Rembrandt was 32 and Saskia 26 when they purchased a large house and premises in the Breestreet in Amsterdam. The contract dates…
  • RM24009 - Geertje Dircx · 23 min · Season 2024 Episode 9Send us Fan Mail This we didn't know until the 1960s: Rembrandt had a relationship with his housekeeper and caretaker of his son Titus. Her name was Geertje Dircx and she was…
  • RM24008 - Rembrandt’s house and studio · 28 min · Season 2024 Episode 8Send us Fan Mail Welcome, or welcome again. In this episode of Rembrandt's Money, I'll tell you about the house Rembrandt purchased in 1639. Spoiler alert: You can visit that…
  • RM24007 - Amsterdam - City of migrants · 33 min · Season 2024 Episode 7Send us Fan Mail Welcome, or welcome back again! This time I will be taking you back to swirly Amsterdam in the first half of the 17th century and its mixed population. Migration…
  • RM24006 - Rembrandt’s marriage to Saskia · 22 min · Season 2024 Episode 6Send us Fan Mail Rembrandt married Saskia Uylenburgh in 1634. The marriage must have been the talk of the town. The great painter Rembrandt and Saskia, daughter of a former mayor…
  • RM24005 - Guilds and glamour · 24 min · Season 2024 Episode 5Send us Fan Mail Around 1630, Rembrandt worked in his first Amsterdam years with art dealer Hendrick Uylenburgh. Hendrick’s network had a significant impact on Rembrandt…

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