Season 1, Episode 2
Why are we so obsessed with Leonardo da Vinci, and a virtual tour of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
LEONARDO DA VINCI (1452-1519)
Leonardo da Vinci, probably towards the end of his life by his student Franscesco Melzi (1491-1570).
Close-up of School of Athens (1509-1511) by Raphael (1483-1520). The Plato figure is a depiction of Leonardo da Vinci.
Portrait of a man in red chalk (c.1510) in Biblioteca Reale, Turin. Widely accepted as a self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci.
Salvator Mundi (c.1500), by Leonardo da Vinci
Saint John the Baptist (c. 1513-1516), by Leonardo da Vinci
Story about Louvre’s Salvator Mundi catalogue
Waldemar’s video on the Leonardo show at the National Gallery
ISOLATION
Rijksmuseum Tour
Waldemar’s video for the Sunday Times on the Ghent show
The Night Watch (1642) by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669)
The Milkmaid (c. 1657-1658) by Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675)
Still Life with Cheese (c.1615) by Floris van Dyck (1575-1651)
The Jewish Bride (1665) by Rembrandt (1606-1669)
Ghent Alterpiece (mid 1420s-1432) by Van Eyck (1390-1441)
ON THE WALL
Pope Pius VII (1742-1823) (1819), by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830)
Queen Charlotte (1789) by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830)
Portrait of Pope Julius II (1511-12) by Raphael
Portrait of Innocent X (1650) by Diego Velazquez (1599-1660)
Laocoon and His Sons
Apollo of the Belvedere
Saint Agnes and Dorothy (1650) by Michaelina Wautier (1617-1689)