Rembrandt Walk

Private Rembrandt Walk

Retracing the Dutch Master

Rembrandt Walk

Private Rembrandt Walk

Rembrandt Walk

Startingpoint

We start in front of the Rembrandt House Museum on Jodenbreestraat 4
We end at the Dam.
Duration | Distance

2 hours | -/+ 3 km (1.4 ml)
Highlights

Visit to Rembrandt House Museum, Rembrandt square, Original locations of his paintings, The Anatomic Theatre, Oude Kerk
Price

Available from €75,- p.p. (minimum 2 persons)

Schedule your
private Rembrandt Walk

Startingpoint

We start in front of the Rembrandt House Museum on Jodenbreestraat 4.
We end at the Dam
Duration | Distance

2 hours | -/+ 3 km (1.4 ml)
Highlights

Visit to Rembrandt House Museum, Rembrandt square, Original locations of his paintings, The Anatomic Theatre, Oude Kerk.
Price

Available from €75,- p.p. (minimum 2 persons)

Book your
private Rembrandt Walk

Rembrandt House Museum

Prior to the Rembrandt walk we first visit the Rembrandt House Museum. Let your own private art historian show you around in this house, dating from 1606. The Rembrandt House Museum is where the Dutch Master lived from 1639 until 1658 and where he painted most of his work. We enter his studio and attend a workshop about how he made his paint and about his etching techniques. This is as close to Rembrandt as you can get.

Rembrandt in Amsterdam

Our art historians take you to the Amsterdam of Rembrandt van Rijn in the 1600s. A so called ‘Golden Age’ for the Netherlands and especially for Amsterdam. We follow the footsteps of the great Dutch Master and see the many buildings from Rembrandt’s time that still exist today. We pass the places where he lived and where his friends and contemporaries lived, such as Jan Six and Spinoza.

Succes and tragedy

We walk along the locations linked to Rembrandt’s successful and yet dramatic personal life. We visit the places where Rembrandt painted his first group portrait, where he announced his marriage with Saskia van Uylenburg, the burial ground of three of his children, the place where he was declared bankrupt.

Walking with the Rembrandts

Armed with a collection of Rembrandt reproductions we reconstruct where his most famous paintings were meant to be displayed. What role did his painting play in those days? We pass the original locations of the Night Watch, the Syndics of the Drapers Guild, Maarten & Oopjen and the Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp

Rembrandt’s character

While tracing his footsteps, we get to know Rembrandt a bit better. What was his character and how did that affect his work? Rembrandt developed a complex relation with the authorities of Amsterdam – his most important commissioners. His numerous problems with the women in his life further complicated matters.

The Legacy of Rembrandt

How did the fame of Rembrandt evolve after his death? Was he always perceived as one of the greatest artists of all time? Get to know the story of the statue of Rembrandt on Rembrandt Square. And how did that 3D version of the Night Watch end up at its feet? Could Rembrandt actually have visited the square that bears his name?

The Amsterdam Golden Age comes alive with an art historian as your private guide.

Tour reviews

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