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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:05:27,380 --> 00:05:30,199 It's Maria de Medici. - Is it? 2 00:05:30,300 --> 00:05:34,600 Yes. It was once owned by Princess Amalia van Solms. 3 00:05:36,020 --> 00:05:42,760 But you didn't come for that. - No. We've already got a Honthorst. 4 00:05:43,540 --> 00:05:47,079 This is the composition I saw. 5 00:05:47,180 --> 00:05:49,480 And this chap caught my eye. 6 00:05:51,100 --> 00:05:53,239 This is Rembrandt himself. 7 00:05:53,340 --> 00:05:54,759 He's in the painting. 8 00:05:54,860 --> 00:05:57,479 So I started thinking: 9 00:05:57,580 --> 00:05:59,879 Suppose... I'll just use the felt-tip pen. 10 00:05:59,980 --> 00:06:02,920 Suppose this figure... 11 00:06:05,180 --> 00:06:08,560 and this Jesus, and this mother... 12 00:06:10,820 --> 00:06:14,159 and this gentleman with his hat... 13 00:06:14,260 --> 00:06:15,839 are all overpaintings. 14 00:06:15,940 --> 00:06:18,759 That it... - That this is a new layer... 15 00:06:18,860 --> 00:06:21,639 and that this is an old layer. 16 00:06:21,740 --> 00:06:23,159 And that someone... 17 00:06:23,260 --> 00:06:29,000 Painted this over the original composition at a later date. 18 00:06:30,020 --> 00:06:34,959 The only way to find out was to take an X-ray, that would reveal the structure. 19 00:06:35,060 --> 00:06:37,919 But you can't do that going into an auction... 20 00:06:38,020 --> 00:06:40,959 so we took the gamble and bought the painting. 21 00:06:41,060 --> 00:06:44,320 So you have to imagine all of this gone. - That's right. 22 00:06:45,660 --> 00:06:48,399 Look. There you are. 23 00:06:48,500 --> 00:06:50,880 Oh, my God. - It's big, isn't it. 24 00:06:51,860 --> 00:06:53,480 Gosh. 25 00:06:59,900 --> 00:07:01,280 So... 26 00:07:02,820 --> 00:07:05,280 There he is. - There he is. 27 00:07:06,420 --> 00:07:07,879 I opened the catalogue... 28 00:07:07,980 --> 00:07:09,399 and I thought: Huh? 29 00:07:09,500 --> 00:07:12,119 Then I zoomed in and I thought: This is Rembrandt! 30 00:07:12,220 --> 00:07:15,839 I felt the blood drain away and I thought: My God! 31 00:07:15,940 --> 00:07:19,199 Then when I saw it after they had pulled it from the rack... 32 00:07:19,300 --> 00:07:22,839 I waited till all the people from the auction house had left. 33 00:07:22,940 --> 00:07:25,600 I remember I felt like dancing. 34 00:07:26,300 --> 00:07:27,999 "It's mine and mine alone." 35 00:07:28,100 --> 00:07:31,799 I thought: This is real! It was such an odd feeling. 36 00:07:31,900 --> 00:07:34,399 I'm just going to have a closer look. 37 00:07:34,500 --> 00:07:37,800 Let me give you some more light, Eijk. 38 00:07:42,900 --> 00:07:45,639 But suppose we... 39 00:07:45,740 --> 00:07:48,480 make a deal with you. 40 00:07:49,740 --> 00:07:55,799 Ethically speaking I think such a deal shouldn't take place before you know... 41 00:07:55,900 --> 00:07:59,799 what you're getting. This is still a work in progress. 42 00:07:59,900 --> 00:08:02,240 Bless you. - Thank you. 43 00:08:03,660 --> 00:08:05,319 It's exciting. 44 00:08:05,420 --> 00:08:07,400 It's given me... 45 00:08:08,900 --> 00:08:11,399 a funny feeling in my stomach. 46 00:08:11,500 --> 00:08:12,680 Yes. 47 00:08:18,300 --> 00:08:19,839 An art dealer... 48 00:08:19,940 --> 00:08:22,679 is only as good as his last painting. 49 00:08:22,780 --> 00:08:24,960 It's the only thing that counts. 50 00:08:25,740 --> 00:08:27,959 With that one painting... 51 00:08:28,060 --> 00:08:32,519 your latest purchase, you can lose everything. 52 00:08:32,620 --> 00:08:35,479 It's really thrilling. 53 00:08:35,580 --> 00:08:39,720 That's what I love. I love the hunt. 54 00:08:42,620 --> 00:08:45,839 There are a number of questions you ask yourself. 55 00:08:45,940 --> 00:08:50,599 Who would include Rembrandt in such a large painting... 56 00:08:50,700 --> 00:08:53,080 when he wasn't well-known yet? 57 00:08:54,900 --> 00:08:58,920 It was only later he would become a rock star. 58 00:09:00,580 --> 00:09:03,999 The only logic I could see in it... 59 00:09:04,100 --> 00:09:07,040 was the most basic logic: He did it himself. 60 00:09:11,420 --> 00:09:12,839 This isn't Rembrandt's hand. 61 00:09:12,940 --> 00:09:18,560 It was painted over by a fairly naive, unsophisticated person. 62 00:09:22,260 --> 00:09:25,000 But you would expect that what is underneath... 63 00:09:25,940 --> 00:09:28,640 will tell us why it was painted over. 64 00:09:47,260 --> 00:09:50,080 It's some decision, to start scraping. 65 00:09:54,740 --> 00:09:56,880 But it seems justified. 66 00:10:01,340 --> 00:10:02,360 It's uncomfortable. 67 00:10:05,740 --> 00:10:07,920 Removing old paint... 68 00:10:11,020 --> 00:10:14,160 not knowing who put it there. 69 00:10:16,980 --> 00:10:21,840 Although fortunately we can see it was someone who wasn't very good. 70 00:10:29,260 --> 00:10:32,999 The problem is that it doesn't come with a manual... 71 00:10:33,100 --> 00:10:36,280 saying what is Rembrandt's and what isn't. 72 00:10:44,140 --> 00:10:46,159 When the painting was brought here... 73 00:10:46,260 --> 00:10:49,120 I tried to estimate how long it will take me. 74 00:10:49,740 --> 00:10:54,000 I think it will be about four years. 75 00:11:12,900 --> 00:11:15,240 There are three paintings: 76 00:11:18,060 --> 00:11:19,959 The Standard Bearer... 77 00:11:20,060 --> 00:11:23,239 the Portrait of Jan Six... 78 00:11:23,340 --> 00:11:25,959 which to our delight is already in Amsterdam... 79 00:11:26,060 --> 00:11:28,679 and we hope will stay in the family... 80 00:11:28,780 --> 00:11:30,999 and the painting... 81 00:11:31,100 --> 00:11:33,519 owned by the Duke of Buccleuch... 82 00:11:33,620 --> 00:11:36,040 which we would like to acquire. 83 00:11:37,180 --> 00:11:39,840 When you see this painting... 84 00:11:40,780 --> 00:11:42,559 then... 85 00:11:42,660 --> 00:11:45,159 you fall in love on the spot. 86 00:11:45,260 --> 00:11:46,999 The Duke of Buccleuch... 87 00:11:47,100 --> 00:11:50,159 one of Europe's biggest private landowners... 88 00:11:50,260 --> 00:11:53,599 has no reason at all to sell this painting. 89 00:11:53,700 --> 00:11:57,919 Yet at the back of your mind there's always the thought: 90 00:11:58,020 --> 00:12:02,399 If it ever does come on the market, you will want to add it to your collection. 91 00:12:02,500 --> 00:12:04,000 Never say never. 92 00:18:53,580 --> 00:18:55,519 This would be a great start. 93 00:18:55,620 --> 00:19:00,640 You turn on the camera, I'm standing here and I say: This is the icon. 94 00:19:08,060 --> 00:19:10,999 When I'm standing next to it, it's palpable history. 95 00:19:11,100 --> 00:19:15,759 When I move out of the picture, it's just a painting. 96 00:19:15,860 --> 00:19:20,599 That's because this is the first Jan Six and I'm the tenth and there are eight in between. 97 00:19:20,700 --> 00:19:23,919 I don't mean I look like him... 98 00:19:24,020 --> 00:19:27,319 because there are also nine women in between. 99 00:19:27,420 --> 00:19:31,239 Is there any resemblance between me and the first Jan Six? 100 00:19:31,340 --> 00:19:34,399 As far as I can see he's got this mop of orange curls... 101 00:19:34,500 --> 00:19:37,240 and I certainly don't. 102 00:19:38,460 --> 00:19:45,079 My Dad suggested we pose in front of the painting with my grandfather: 103 00:19:45,180 --> 00:19:47,280 "The Four Jan Sixes". 104 00:19:48,580 --> 00:19:52,720 I turned around and realized: This means more to me than I've always thought. 105 00:19:55,260 --> 00:19:59,639 It's incredible being so close to a painting like this when you grow up... 106 00:19:59,740 --> 00:20:03,720 and to an artist like this. That's really unique. 107 00:20:05,380 --> 00:20:07,479 Here in our home it's about Jan Six. 108 00:20:07,580 --> 00:20:12,200 It's not about Rembrandt, it's about the first Jan. 109 00:20:14,340 --> 00:20:15,840 And his mother. 110 00:20:16,580 --> 00:20:19,399 And his sister. And so on. You see? 111 00:20:19,500 --> 00:20:23,680 To me they're still alive, because this is where they live. 112 00:20:28,900 --> 00:20:32,120 We have 230 of these portraits hanging here. 113 00:20:35,740 --> 00:20:38,439 What's it like growing up as a Jan Six? 114 00:20:38,540 --> 00:20:41,599 It's just like any other child, but now and then... 115 00:20:41,700 --> 00:20:42,959 different. 116 00:20:43,060 --> 00:20:46,959 Can you hold it up for me? 117 00:20:47,060 --> 00:20:52,040 The mystery of this family and this art inspires the imagination. 118 00:20:56,300 --> 00:21:01,599 1647. Rembrandt is sitting at the home of Jan Six... 119 00:21:01,700 --> 00:21:06,439 making a rough sketch. Then his dog jumps up at him. 120 00:21:06,540 --> 00:21:08,199 And I think... 121 00:21:08,300 --> 00:21:11,559 it's the ultimate image of friendship. 122 00:21:11,660 --> 00:21:16,279 And Jan Six would have said: "Wait a minute, I'm an intellectual." 123 00:21:16,380 --> 00:21:19,679 "Portray me with some piece of paper instead of a dog." 124 00:21:19,780 --> 00:21:22,119 "A play or a poem or whatever." 125 00:21:22,220 --> 00:21:25,279 Which results in the etching we all know. 126 00:21:25,380 --> 00:21:28,199 You're making assumptions. 127 00:21:28,300 --> 00:21:31,239 The objects are what you have, so stick to those. 128 00:21:31,340 --> 00:21:34,440 That's where we differ. I think... 129 00:21:35,900 --> 00:21:40,640 I always want to look and then understand what I can substantiate. 130 00:21:46,580 --> 00:21:49,999 You look at it scientifically... 131 00:21:50,100 --> 00:21:52,999 and as a non-art historian I can say what I like. 132 00:21:53,100 --> 00:21:54,760 Sure. 133 00:21:59,500 --> 00:22:01,200 The expert. 134 00:22:04,420 --> 00:22:09,560 I'm postulating that there's only one truth: the scientific truth. 135 00:22:10,460 --> 00:22:15,079 He also wants it to be about an emotional truth... 136 00:22:15,180 --> 00:22:21,799 a historical truth, a preservation truth, a traditional truth. 137 00:22:21,900 --> 00:22:28,480 They're legitimate, but to me they're not that relevant, and I have every right to think so. 138 00:22:29,900 --> 00:22:35,399 Dad, there isn't any letter, any source. We have 19th-century historiography... 139 00:22:35,500 --> 00:22:39,159 There are lots of sources we don't have. - You can't assume things. 140 00:22:39,260 --> 00:22:43,919 If I think of something now... - That's the trouble with science. 141 00:22:44,020 --> 00:22:47,759 If science doesn't know the word "orange", you've got red and yellow. 142 00:22:47,860 --> 00:22:51,719 But outside of science you can think there's orange in between. 143 00:22:51,820 --> 00:22:54,439 My problem is I'm not gracious enough... 144 00:22:54,540 --> 00:22:57,680 to say: It doesn't really matter, Daddy. 145 00:22:58,340 --> 00:23:00,720 I have to tell him how it works. 146 00:23:01,180 --> 00:23:05,479 It's a principle of jurisprudence in the Netherlands: 147 00:23:05,580 --> 00:23:08,439 If it's been like this for 20 years, it's accepted. 148 00:23:08,540 --> 00:23:11,839 Nonsense. - Unless there's proof to the contrary. 149 00:23:11,940 --> 00:23:16,759 No, it has to do with progressive insight. It's science. 150 00:23:16,860 --> 00:23:19,639 Each time Rembrandt portrays his young son... 151 00:23:19,740 --> 00:23:23,559 Titus has to listen. If Daddy says: 152 00:23:23,660 --> 00:23:27,639 "Sit still, I'm going to paint your portrait," and it doesn't work... 153 00:23:27,740 --> 00:23:31,359 he has him do his homework or whatever. 154 00:23:31,460 --> 00:23:37,999 But as Titus gets older and Rembrandt tells him to sit still... 155 00:23:38,100 --> 00:23:43,199 Titus says: "Listen, Dad, you've painted my portrait eleven times now." 156 00:23:43,300 --> 00:23:47,960 "I'm doing this for you, so you have to accept the way I do this." 157 00:23:49,620 --> 00:23:53,519 Titus as a Monk is one of my favourite portraits. 158 00:23:53,620 --> 00:23:56,919 His son doesn't look at him anymore. 159 00:23:57,020 --> 00:24:00,279 "Yes, I'll sit for you, I know you want me to." 160 00:24:00,380 --> 00:24:02,920 "But I decide the way I look." 161 00:24:08,220 --> 00:24:12,359 Jan thinks of something, then he wants to prove it, so it will be recognized. 162 00:24:12,460 --> 00:24:16,879 And it's this search for recognition... 163 00:24:16,980 --> 00:24:19,160 It's like that in every family. 164 00:24:19,940 --> 00:24:25,160 Both father and son choose how they treat each other. 165 00:27:49,780 --> 00:27:53,880 Why are they calling this "circle of" Rembrandt van Rijn? 166 00:27:55,900 --> 00:27:59,840 At a single glance, I thought to myself: 167 00:28:00,940 --> 00:28:03,959 This painting looks much better... 168 00:28:04,060 --> 00:28:07,680 than some painting from the circle of Rembrandt. 169 00:28:14,100 --> 00:28:16,879 Either this afternoon the media will report... 170 00:28:16,980 --> 00:28:20,439 a painting has been sold at Christie's for 2,5 million euros... 171 00:28:20,540 --> 00:28:22,079 2,5 million? 172 00:28:22,180 --> 00:28:25,120 It's full length. It's huge. 173 00:28:26,460 --> 00:28:29,319 I've been shaking for weeks. 174 00:28:29,420 --> 00:28:31,599 It's so cool. 175 00:28:31,700 --> 00:28:32,700 So cool. 176 00:28:32,740 --> 00:28:36,919 What is the touch here that makes you say it's a Rembrandt? 177 00:28:37,020 --> 00:28:39,199 The philosophy of painting. When Rembrandt... 178 00:28:39,300 --> 00:28:43,639 goes to paint, he starts from the shape. 179 00:28:43,740 --> 00:28:47,039 First he applies this brown dead-colour... 180 00:28:47,140 --> 00:28:50,519 then he slowly works in these fleshy tints. 181 00:28:50,620 --> 00:28:55,479 He doesn't paint the whole face, but he paints exactly what he has to. 182 00:28:55,580 --> 00:29:00,919 So he leaves open... He creates shadows by not painting them. 183 00:29:01,020 --> 00:29:06,679 The X-ray image tells you that? - You can see it. There's no flesh here. 184 00:29:06,780 --> 00:29:10,239 He hasn't painted flesh tones here because he doesn't need them. 185 00:29:10,340 --> 00:29:13,439 He paints this shadow here in accordance with the light. 186 00:29:13,540 --> 00:29:17,359 The light comes in from top left, so the lines are all in this direction. 187 00:29:17,460 --> 00:29:21,079 He makes the cartilage red as the light shines through it. 188 00:29:21,180 --> 00:29:24,479 When he makes a shadow over an eye... - The eye! 189 00:29:24,580 --> 00:29:28,239 It goes over the bulge of the eye, then under the nose. 190 00:29:28,340 --> 00:29:31,839 It's known as "Van Dyck's Shadow S", as he came up with it first. 191 00:29:31,940 --> 00:29:35,639 It doesn't go over the bulge of the eye in any of these paintings. 192 00:29:35,740 --> 00:29:38,199 But it does in all the Rembrandts. 193 00:29:38,300 --> 00:29:40,959 There the face is in a different position. 194 00:29:41,060 --> 00:29:42,839 It goes right across it. 195 00:29:42,940 --> 00:29:48,959 We can see it, but only because you tell us. - If you keep looking and comparing... 196 00:29:49,060 --> 00:29:52,359 You have seen so much that it looks obvious to you. 197 00:29:52,460 --> 00:29:55,759 We don't see it until you tell us. 198 00:29:55,860 --> 00:29:58,400 It's so blatantly obvious. 199 00:30:01,180 --> 00:30:03,319 It's just my instinct. 200 00:30:03,420 --> 00:30:07,079 And you flew over there. - Yes, when I came into the room I thought: 201 00:30:07,180 --> 00:30:09,720 Shit! It's good. 202 00:30:32,980 --> 00:30:39,000 Tonight at the Louvre we present to you the collection of Mr and Mrs Kaplan. 203 00:30:39,340 --> 00:30:41,599 A collection... 204 00:30:41,700 --> 00:30:47,160 born out of love and fascination for Dutch art from the Golden Age. 205 00:33:48,420 --> 00:33:49,420 Good evening. 206 00:33:49,980 --> 00:33:51,880 Good evening! 207 00:33:56,100 --> 00:33:57,960 Guillaume! 208 00:34:04,740 --> 00:34:06,440 General! 209 00:34:40,060 --> 00:34:44,839 We've bought it. For 120,000 euros. - 120,000? 210 00:34:44,940 --> 00:34:48,040 Yes. Good deal, eh? - Very good. 211 00:34:49,420 --> 00:34:53,399 This will be an exciting adventure. I'll bring the painting home quickly. 212 00:34:53,500 --> 00:34:56,240 Congratulations. - Thank you. 213 00:34:57,340 --> 00:35:00,080 Unreal that this should be possible. 214 00:35:01,420 --> 00:35:06,399 I'm really happy, but I'm also thinking Christie's will be in big trouble. 215 00:35:06,500 --> 00:35:08,079 They'll regret it? 216 00:35:08,180 --> 00:35:14,199 They've sold a Rembrandt for 110,000 pounds without investigating it. 217 00:35:14,300 --> 00:35:17,039 Liable? Lawsuit? 218 00:35:17,140 --> 00:35:20,759 So it is a Rembrandt? - Who knows? I think so. 219 00:35:20,860 --> 00:35:22,360 For sure. 220 00:35:23,020 --> 00:35:25,160 It wouldn't be the first time. 221 00:35:31,380 --> 00:35:35,920 You start in unknown territory. You see an image of a painting. 222 00:35:37,700 --> 00:35:41,560 You get a certain feeling, but you have to be able to prove it. 223 00:35:42,900 --> 00:35:46,919 You're in a kind of fog, working... 224 00:35:47,020 --> 00:35:49,360 on a crime scene, you could say. 225 00:35:51,220 --> 00:35:55,559 You weren't there when the murder happened... 226 00:35:55,660 --> 00:35:57,639 but you do have a dead body. 227 00:35:57,740 --> 00:36:01,760 A good detective will already have worked out who the killer is. 228 00:36:03,060 --> 00:36:07,080 And you do have a painting full of clues. 229 00:36:26,460 --> 00:36:31,719 Mind you, this is the only painting in Rembrandt's entire oeuvre... 230 00:36:31,820 --> 00:36:35,920 which has turned up out of the blue and cannot be linked to anything. 231 00:36:41,300 --> 00:36:42,520 Unsigned. 232 00:36:44,700 --> 00:36:48,319 But it fits perfectly in his oeuvre. 233 00:36:48,420 --> 00:36:53,120 So you're always wondering if you might be crazy. 234 00:36:55,020 --> 00:36:59,760 Then you have to consider carefully who you're going to consult... 235 00:37:00,940 --> 00:37:03,240 about how to handle this. 236 00:37:11,260 --> 00:37:16,479 Ernst van de Wetering is the great researcher, having devoted his entire life... 237 00:37:16,580 --> 00:37:18,600 to Rembrandt. 238 00:37:33,780 --> 00:37:38,119 I'd always been convinced that Rembrandt worked at great speed. 239 00:37:38,220 --> 00:37:40,679 Because it is known that this man... 240 00:37:40,780 --> 00:37:43,760 sat only one day for Rembrandt. 241 00:37:58,140 --> 00:38:01,639 I thought I'd try and see for myself... 242 00:38:01,740 --> 00:38:07,040 how hard it is and how he could have done it in just one day. 243 00:38:15,060 --> 00:38:18,359 But I didn't finish it. The hardest part is... 244 00:38:18,460 --> 00:38:19,919 the collar. 245 00:38:20,020 --> 00:38:23,680 You'd think a white collar can't be that difficult. 246 00:38:24,060 --> 00:38:27,560 But it's extremely complex. 247 00:38:38,060 --> 00:38:40,359 What I've done here is awful. 248 00:38:40,460 --> 00:38:43,639 I don't know how he did it... 249 00:38:43,740 --> 00:38:48,599 but it was done with such subtlety and such care. 250 00:38:48,700 --> 00:38:54,120 You feel you can follow the way this material has been pleated around the neck. 251 00:38:54,700 --> 00:39:00,679 This is... not lace, but starched linen. 252 00:39:00,780 --> 00:39:04,559 And what is this? This is paint. I'm deeply embarrassed... 253 00:39:04,660 --> 00:39:07,320 when I look at what I've done. 254 00:39:10,900 --> 00:39:13,640 Thank God Rembrandt can't see this. 255 00:39:20,580 --> 00:39:25,720 People often mistakenly think that I was born with an obsession... 256 00:39:27,820 --> 00:39:30,440 for Rembrandt. 257 00:39:31,620 --> 00:39:34,240 Actually, I wasn't. 258 00:39:35,980 --> 00:39:38,919 So it was more or less by coincidence... 259 00:39:39,020 --> 00:39:41,600 Of course I loved Rembrandt. Who doesn't? 260 00:39:44,900 --> 00:39:48,040 But it's not a congenital obsession. 261 00:39:50,140 --> 00:39:54,520 I am obsessed by research and by discovering the truth. 262 00:40:02,900 --> 00:40:07,880 Rembrandt had many pupils, and they learnt the trade by imitation. 263 00:40:08,860 --> 00:40:12,679 So there was an overproduction of Rembrandts... 264 00:40:12,780 --> 00:40:16,239 that weren't Rembrandts but looked like Rembrandts... 265 00:40:16,340 --> 00:40:18,760 and were 17th-century works. 266 00:40:23,220 --> 00:40:26,280 How do you decide what is a real Rembrandt? 267 00:40:28,180 --> 00:40:30,880 I've handled hundreds of Rembrandts. 268 00:40:31,820 --> 00:40:36,000 I've scrutinized hundreds of paintings. 269 00:40:45,940 --> 00:40:49,799 We always wanted to know about the ground... 270 00:40:49,900 --> 00:40:52,559 about the panel and the canvas. 271 00:40:52,660 --> 00:40:58,320 Does the painting show traces of a first draft? 272 00:40:58,660 --> 00:41:01,839 I counted threads of canvas... 273 00:41:01,940 --> 00:41:06,320 to see if certain paintings came from the same role of canvas. 274 00:41:11,860 --> 00:41:16,000 In this way I inched ever closer to Rembrandt. 275 00:43:05,820 --> 00:43:08,879 We're going on a secret mission to Eric de Rothschild. 276 00:43:08,980 --> 00:43:10,959 And you realize... 277 00:43:11,060 --> 00:43:16,759 that something of this significance hasn't come on the market in the past 40 years... 278 00:43:16,860 --> 00:43:19,000 and won't come again. 279 00:43:23,260 --> 00:43:26,039 You walk there and it's located... 280 00:43:26,140 --> 00:43:28,479 right off the Champs �lys�es. 281 00:43:28,580 --> 00:43:31,479 An inconspicuous little door leads to a garden... 282 00:43:31,580 --> 00:43:37,280 where you see the old pavilion of the big palace they had built there. 283 00:43:40,020 --> 00:43:45,039 Monsieur will be here in five minutes. Would you like a drink while you're waiting? 284 00:43:45,140 --> 00:43:48,919 Champagne, Perrier, Coca-Cola, a glass of red wine? 285 00:43:49,020 --> 00:43:54,599 You come in, it's a little messy, but a very pleasant kind of home. Not that big. 286 00:43:54,700 --> 00:43:55,879 Red wine? 287 00:43:55,980 --> 00:44:01,840 Not that pretentious either, but slowly you realize that all the objects in there... 288 00:44:02,580 --> 00:44:05,240 are absolutely top drawer. 289 00:44:16,660 --> 00:44:18,919 Then you notice the art... 290 00:44:19,020 --> 00:44:23,720 hanging on the walls. That too, is of the highest quality. 291 00:44:28,860 --> 00:44:33,599 We walked through a couple of cluttered rooms with beautiful... 292 00:44:33,700 --> 00:44:39,079 overlapping carpets on the floor, to the bedroom... 293 00:44:39,180 --> 00:44:45,200 with the two portraits on either side of an antique bed. 294 00:44:47,260 --> 00:44:50,799 It was very emotional seeing them for the first time. 295 00:44:50,900 --> 00:44:57,040 They were extremely dirty from years of smoke, yellowed varnish and so on. 296 00:44:58,260 --> 00:45:01,519 We took them down, and suddenly... 297 00:45:01,620 --> 00:45:04,599 they were at your own level... 298 00:45:04,700 --> 00:45:07,680 and you saw someone standing in front of you. 299 00:45:17,220 --> 00:45:20,279 Rembrandt's genius gives you the illusion... 300 00:45:20,380 --> 00:45:22,680 of actually facing Marten. 301 00:45:35,780 --> 00:45:38,840 And you realize it's just matchless. 302 00:47:35,060 --> 00:47:42,239 Well, for us at the Rijksmuseum it meant the green light to get going. 303 00:47:42,340 --> 00:47:48,000 If Rembrandts of this category come onto the market, it means: Action! 304 00:47:48,740 --> 00:47:50,000 160 million euros. 305 00:47:51,220 --> 00:47:54,719 160 million, an incredible sum... 306 00:47:54,820 --> 00:48:00,160 that has never been paid for an Old Master before. Where are we going to find it? 307 00:48:05,420 --> 00:48:06,719 They were... 308 00:48:06,820 --> 00:48:10,119 on our list of very important works... 309 00:48:10,220 --> 00:48:14,759 which are still in private hands in France. 310 00:48:14,860 --> 00:48:20,800 So obviously we at the Louvre were greatly interested in them. 311 00:48:21,540 --> 00:48:24,359 The question was the asking price... 312 00:48:24,460 --> 00:48:27,520 not whether we wanted to buy them. 313 00:48:34,060 --> 00:48:38,840 We also wanted both paintings. 314 00:49:18,060 --> 00:49:19,359 You never see... 315 00:49:19,460 --> 00:49:23,079 Rembrandt doing something like this. Of course he paints hairs... 316 00:49:23,180 --> 00:49:28,279 but this is calligraphically correct, so to speak. It's really curious. 317 00:49:28,380 --> 00:49:31,879 You can come across something like this by accident... 318 00:49:31,980 --> 00:49:37,800 but this was done with great control. 319 00:49:38,660 --> 00:49:42,359 But I herewith declare myself to be blind. 320 00:49:42,460 --> 00:49:45,840 That's nonsense. You're not blind. 321 00:49:52,300 --> 00:49:54,400 The same goes for this. 322 00:49:55,820 --> 00:50:00,720 No way is this a Rembrandt. I have... 323 00:50:06,860 --> 00:50:08,239 I'm sorry. 324 00:50:08,340 --> 00:50:10,120 How terrible! 325 00:50:12,140 --> 00:50:14,200 I don't feel well. 326 00:50:15,820 --> 00:50:20,239 Ernst, we can do this another time. - Ernst is having a personal crisis. 327 00:50:20,340 --> 00:50:22,720 We can do it another time. 328 00:50:24,540 --> 00:50:26,519 A quieter time. 329 00:50:26,620 --> 00:50:30,159 I'm on the ball. 330 00:50:30,260 --> 00:50:32,680 That's not the problem. 331 00:50:40,980 --> 00:50:43,760 I can't tell you how... 332 00:50:45,380 --> 00:50:48,160 It may seem unkind, but it isn't. 333 00:50:52,180 --> 00:50:53,800 I'm sorry. 334 00:51:39,220 --> 00:51:42,599 Then Wim went to Paris for a day... 335 00:51:42,700 --> 00:51:46,799 and talked to the director of the Louvre. 336 00:51:46,900 --> 00:51:49,839 Jean-Luc, can we discuss the Rembrandts? 337 00:51:49,940 --> 00:51:53,280 He suggested we could buy them together. 338 00:51:54,660 --> 00:51:57,799 Because I didn't have 160 million euros. 339 00:51:57,900 --> 00:52:04,400 The idea of a joint purchase came up fairly quickly. 340 00:52:05,260 --> 00:52:09,399 He said: Fine, but I don't have any money. The Louvre has no money. 341 00:52:09,500 --> 00:52:15,519 The asking price was very high, but you have to try. We had to try. 342 00:52:15,620 --> 00:52:17,839 Well, in the meantime... 343 00:52:17,940 --> 00:52:21,559 we at the Rijksmuseum continued our fundraising. 344 00:52:21,660 --> 00:52:26,200 And despite it being summer we were getting somewhere. 345 00:52:26,820 --> 00:52:28,680 A 10 million euro pledge. 346 00:52:29,700 --> 00:52:30,720 Another 10 million. 347 00:52:34,100 --> 00:52:35,200 And another 10 million. 348 00:52:36,740 --> 00:52:39,239 A 20 million euro pledge. 349 00:52:39,340 --> 00:52:44,679 We would definitely have managed to get 130 to 140 million together... 350 00:52:44,780 --> 00:52:47,480 and the last bit could have been fixed. 351 00:52:47,940 --> 00:52:50,079 I called Jean-Luc Martinez... 352 00:52:50,180 --> 00:52:51,879 the Louvre's director. 353 00:52:51,980 --> 00:52:54,679 "Jean-Luc, how much money have you raised so far?" 354 00:52:54,780 --> 00:52:56,680 "Still nothing," he said. 355 00:53:00,260 --> 00:53:02,559 It gave us at the Rijksmuseum a real boost. 356 00:53:02,660 --> 00:53:05,039 We could see it happening. 357 00:53:05,140 --> 00:53:07,840 They're coming home to the Netherlands. 358 00:53:08,460 --> 00:53:09,919 It didn't go down well. 359 00:53:10,020 --> 00:53:14,880 They were negotiating with us about a joint purchase. 360 00:53:21,460 --> 00:53:26,600 Martinez informed his Minister for Culture and the President that very same day. 361 00:53:41,540 --> 00:53:47,320 You could say there was a lot of commotion. 362 00:53:48,420 --> 00:53:49,520 A glass of water. 363 00:54:15,780 --> 00:54:18,720 Suddenly the French put 80 million on the table. 364 00:54:20,620 --> 00:54:22,839 They said: "Netherlands..." 365 00:54:22,940 --> 00:54:28,199 "we will not let you buy both works. We won't." 366 00:54:28,300 --> 00:54:29,880 Which made me very nervous. 367 00:54:31,500 --> 00:54:33,279 If we don't act now... 368 00:54:33,380 --> 00:54:36,520 these works will be brutally separated. 369 00:54:54,180 --> 00:54:57,359 The only thing the French respect is ruthless negotiating. 370 00:54:57,460 --> 00:55:01,239 If we could have bought them on our own, we would have done so. 371 00:55:01,340 --> 00:55:05,199 For the French, it was no longer about these paintings. 372 00:55:05,300 --> 00:55:08,359 It was about saving the Minister's face. 373 00:55:08,460 --> 00:55:11,040 A diplomatic row? So what? 374 00:55:12,140 --> 00:55:16,239 The French are always having rows, it's in their DNA, it's okay. 375 00:55:16,340 --> 00:55:18,479 They play hard. So what? 376 00:55:18,580 --> 00:55:20,080 So what? Bring them on. 377 01:00:05,300 --> 01:00:07,280 In its original state. 378 01:01:05,460 --> 01:01:10,079 France said they would make the export of one of the paintings impossible. 379 01:01:10,180 --> 01:01:13,279 This threat... 380 01:01:13,380 --> 01:01:16,639 was diplomatically enough... 381 01:01:16,740 --> 01:01:21,879 for the Netherlands, for the Minister for Culture... 382 01:01:21,980 --> 01:01:24,999 but also for the cabinet as a whole, to say: 383 01:01:25,100 --> 01:01:31,039 We don't want a row with the French as they are obviously much bigger. 384 01:01:31,140 --> 01:01:33,999 So we'll buy the works together. 385 01:01:34,100 --> 01:01:38,639 Madam Minister, dear Jet, ladies and gentlemen. 386 01:01:38,740 --> 01:01:43,639 Two countries united forever. That's us. 387 01:01:43,740 --> 01:01:47,719 United like Marten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit. 388 01:01:47,820 --> 01:01:51,199 United for eternity by Rembrandt. 389 01:01:51,300 --> 01:01:55,079 Today, France has acquired the portrait of Oopjen... 390 01:01:55,180 --> 01:02:02,480 At a certain stage it becomes more than just a deal between a seller and a buyer. 391 01:02:04,420 --> 01:02:08,159 A wily French minister getting her teeth into it. 392 01:02:08,260 --> 01:02:10,359 It's like a marriage. 393 01:02:10,460 --> 01:02:12,959 A Dutch Minister for Culture... 394 01:02:13,060 --> 01:02:17,119 taking other interests into account, which puts her at a disadvantage. 395 01:02:17,220 --> 01:02:21,759 Madam Minister, dear Fleur, ladies and gentlemen. 396 01:02:21,860 --> 01:02:26,200 We've got them. 397 01:02:27,220 --> 01:02:29,560 Are you happy? - Sure. 398 01:02:31,500 --> 01:02:33,239 Almost. 399 01:02:33,340 --> 01:02:34,840 A little. 400 01:02:39,340 --> 01:02:42,280 We should have bought them quietly. 401 01:02:48,420 --> 01:02:50,280 Two is more than one. 402 01:02:54,220 --> 01:02:56,440 We were nearly there. 403 01:03:10,820 --> 01:03:15,760 Mr President, Your Majesties, Ministers... 404 01:03:16,380 --> 01:03:21,039 dear friends, I have the pleasure of welcoming you to the Louvre. 405 01:03:21,140 --> 01:03:24,119 We are now married to your country, Your Majesty... 406 01:03:24,220 --> 01:03:26,680 for eternity. 407 01:03:30,900 --> 01:03:34,600 I wanted us to restore the paintings. 408 01:03:35,220 --> 01:03:38,400 That's why we said: Show them in Paris first. 409 01:03:41,380 --> 01:03:44,240 Then when they come here, we can restore them. 410 01:05:21,860 --> 01:05:28,320 Ernst van de Wetering has spent more time than anyone else in researching Rembrandt. 411 01:05:28,660 --> 01:05:34,039 I think he has been hugely important, but he's not the final answer. 412 01:05:34,140 --> 01:05:37,439 He wasn't there. None of us were there. 413 01:05:37,540 --> 01:05:42,879 He has discovered and worked out a great deal which he is able to prove... 414 01:05:42,980 --> 01:05:46,759 but obviously a large part remains subjective. 415 01:05:46,860 --> 01:05:50,800 I think that's where there's room for renewal and change. 416 01:05:51,300 --> 01:05:54,880 It seems to me the time has come for a new generation. 417 01:06:09,860 --> 01:06:12,160 Jan Six and Marthe Wijngaarden. 418 01:06:15,180 --> 01:06:16,520 Thank you. 419 01:07:19,500 --> 01:07:25,799 There, the black suggests you can see through the collar. 420 01:07:25,900 --> 01:07:29,519 But there it looks superficial. 421 01:07:29,620 --> 01:07:33,159 Yes, that collar is extremely flat. 422 01:07:33,260 --> 01:07:37,719 There you feel... 423 01:07:37,820 --> 01:07:39,639 that it's just one line. 424 01:07:39,740 --> 01:07:41,279 One straight line. 425 01:07:41,380 --> 01:07:43,199 No suggestion of a shoulder. 426 01:07:43,300 --> 01:07:45,640 Right. No volume. 427 01:07:54,660 --> 01:07:57,000 If it is a Rembrandt... 428 01:08:04,940 --> 01:08:08,200 It's very cruel to put them side by side. 429 01:08:09,820 --> 01:08:13,920 Very cruel. You can't help but... 430 01:08:17,420 --> 01:08:21,839 I think the face, the eyes, are the best part of the smaller painting. 431 01:08:21,940 --> 01:08:27,359 Clearly there's a difference in the pattern of the collars. 432 01:08:27,460 --> 01:08:30,120 Sure. But you should see it... 433 01:08:33,700 --> 01:08:40,360 I can't say if it's a Rembrandt without further study. 434 01:09:17,980 --> 01:09:22,639 I can't really look at a painting... 435 01:09:22,740 --> 01:09:26,480 without longing for an X-ray. And it turned out... 436 01:09:28,060 --> 01:09:30,200 there was a seam here. 437 01:09:31,340 --> 01:09:34,119 A horizontal seam, which means... 438 01:09:34,220 --> 01:09:37,879 that it would have been this long... 439 01:09:37,980 --> 01:09:43,519 which would mean that it was originally a full-length portrait. 440 01:09:43,620 --> 01:09:49,359 This tiny bit of pitch black showing up here... 441 01:09:49,460 --> 01:09:55,479 meant someone had to have been standing next to him, or sitting. 442 01:09:55,580 --> 01:10:01,839 So then I started scribbling a bit. 443 01:10:01,940 --> 01:10:05,879 But now I've turned it into a neat little sketch... 444 01:10:05,980 --> 01:10:10,279 showing what I imagine the painting to have looked like... 445 01:10:10,380 --> 01:10:14,920 inspired by this Rembrandt painting here. 446 01:10:20,060 --> 01:10:25,360 This painting, and this has often happened to me, is a stranger to me. 447 01:10:27,580 --> 01:10:30,600 And I have to get to know this stranger. 448 01:10:32,020 --> 01:10:34,840 That takes a long time. 449 01:11:03,500 --> 01:11:07,480 What you can clearly see here... 450 01:11:08,540 --> 01:11:11,440 is the way the collar was painted. 451 01:11:11,940 --> 01:11:14,959 What he always did... 452 01:11:15,060 --> 01:11:19,599 was to add a touch of irregularity. 453 01:11:19,700 --> 01:11:25,839 In this case it's this slight curl down here. 454 01:11:25,940 --> 01:11:29,999 This is typical of Rembrandt... 455 01:11:30,100 --> 01:11:33,039 and as such a strong indicator... 456 01:11:33,140 --> 01:11:39,879 of the painting's authorship and authenticity. 457 01:11:39,980 --> 01:11:43,039 What happens here is truly phenomenal. 458 01:11:43,140 --> 01:11:46,439 This stunning cuff. 459 01:11:46,540 --> 01:11:50,959 What is happening here, is very adventurous indeed. 460 01:11:51,060 --> 01:11:55,439 The way this stands out, the way it's positioned in space, the way it recedes... 461 01:11:55,540 --> 01:11:58,559 going around the wrist, as it were... 462 01:11:58,660 --> 01:12:00,879 is truly masterful. 463 01:12:00,980 --> 01:12:04,680 It's... This is the miracle. 464 01:12:05,580 --> 01:12:08,960 A one-armed, posh gentleman. 465 01:12:09,980 --> 01:12:13,440 With his delightful cuff. 466 01:12:17,020 --> 01:12:19,120 This is a Rembrandt. 467 01:12:22,100 --> 01:12:27,159 It's strange when a new Rembrandt like this appears on the scene. 468 01:12:27,260 --> 01:12:30,959 I've lived for so long with all the other Rembrandts... 469 01:12:31,060 --> 01:12:34,439 and suddenly some strange gentleman enters. 470 01:12:34,540 --> 01:12:39,959 What's this guy doing in my oeuvre? So to speak. 471 01:12:40,060 --> 01:12:42,960 It was really odd. 472 01:13:01,980 --> 01:13:03,879 So this is the idea: 473 01:13:03,980 --> 01:13:10,159 Big headline, then the picture, because that has to become a kind of iconic image. 474 01:13:10,260 --> 01:13:13,079 We'll have the press conference around 10 a.m... 475 01:13:13,180 --> 01:13:17,999 so everyone has time to write their articles. NRC newspaper will have a portrait... 476 01:13:18,100 --> 01:13:23,199 that evening, and you can be on the cover of Elsevier magazine the next day. 477 01:13:23,300 --> 01:13:28,239 We're also going to have an English release for the international press... 478 01:13:28,340 --> 01:13:30,519 as this is more than national news. 479 01:13:30,620 --> 01:13:33,400 Don't you think it's a bit scary too? 480 01:13:35,420 --> 01:13:37,999 You mean me personally? - Yes. 481 01:13:38,100 --> 01:13:42,839 This is about to explode in the small community that is Amsterdam. 482 01:13:42,940 --> 01:13:47,959 That's what we want, and so it should be. - I want to tell you before it happens... 483 01:13:48,060 --> 01:13:50,800 because it will affect you too. 484 01:13:51,460 --> 01:13:54,600 I'm not scared. Bring them on. - Good. 485 01:13:59,500 --> 01:14:01,799 Recall the moment you first saw it. 486 01:14:01,900 --> 01:14:06,879 I took the pile of about ten catalogues and leafed through them... 487 01:14:06,980 --> 01:14:09,880 until this page caught my eye. 488 01:14:10,500 --> 01:14:12,680 I thought: Huh? 489 01:14:14,620 --> 01:14:17,559 Why are they calling this "circle of" Rembrandt? 490 01:14:17,660 --> 01:14:24,920 Then I was a bit like a hound which had got the taste of blood in its mouth. 491 01:14:25,980 --> 01:14:28,399 It's this hunt. The naughty boy... 492 01:14:28,500 --> 01:14:32,359 telling the teacher: You're wrong and I'm right. 493 01:14:32,460 --> 01:14:34,799 This is my catharsis. 494 01:14:34,900 --> 01:14:39,719 As a boy from the Six family I was always treated like: 495 01:14:39,820 --> 01:14:41,839 "Little Jan has it easy." 496 01:14:41,940 --> 01:14:47,119 No, little Jan worked five times harder than all the others... 497 01:14:47,220 --> 01:14:50,040 and he was proved right. That is the story. 498 01:14:57,740 --> 01:14:59,320 Did it come? 499 01:15:04,780 --> 01:15:06,040 Is it cool or is it cool? 500 01:15:08,060 --> 01:15:14,880 A local boy in the window of Amsterdam's most famous bookshop, it's a dream. 501 01:15:16,260 --> 01:15:19,679 As an art history student I used to walk in here all the time. 502 01:15:19,780 --> 01:15:22,040 I have to pinch myself. 503 01:15:26,940 --> 01:15:31,399 Yes, hello? - It's RTL News. 504 01:15:31,500 --> 01:15:34,879 We'd like to have a short interview with Mr Six. 505 01:15:34,980 --> 01:15:37,239 Sure. What time? 506 01:15:37,340 --> 01:15:43,199 Hang on. Write this down: At 3 p.m. you have an interview with RTL News. 507 01:15:43,300 --> 01:15:46,000 Where? - At the gallery. 508 01:16:04,700 --> 01:16:08,360 Then it went for 137,000 euros including mark-up. 509 01:16:23,340 --> 01:16:26,519 Imagine your son writing a book. 510 01:16:26,620 --> 01:16:30,359 I had other people write for me, but he does his own writing, I think. 511 01:16:30,460 --> 01:16:33,800 Or did you write it? - No, he wrote it himself. 512 01:16:36,140 --> 01:16:39,600 The eye of the master. Today he became a master. 513 01:16:41,740 --> 01:16:43,920 He's no longer a pupil. 514 01:16:45,020 --> 01:16:47,360 He's proven himself. 515 01:16:54,580 --> 01:16:59,359 Thanks to this painting I can now show that there's more to me... 516 01:16:59,460 --> 01:17:02,080 than this family name of Six. 517 01:17:05,460 --> 01:17:07,559 This proves... 518 01:17:07,660 --> 01:17:11,960 that I used my eyes, I used my brains, and I succeeded. 519 01:17:15,340 --> 01:17:17,360 It's fantastic. 520 01:17:18,620 --> 01:17:22,799 We are tonight's world news. For the first time in 40 years... 521 01:17:22,900 --> 01:17:24,999 a new Rembrandt has been discovered. 522 01:17:25,100 --> 01:17:26,440 Look at that. 523 01:17:50,740 --> 01:17:53,599 Unknown Rembrandt Discovered 524 01:17:53,700 --> 01:17:58,919 Now have a look at page four and five. 525 01:17:59,020 --> 01:18:01,880 It's Ernst's drawing. Oh, Ernst! 526 01:18:03,060 --> 01:18:04,320 My word! 527 01:18:09,700 --> 01:18:11,479 Hi, Jan. - Ernst. 528 01:18:11,580 --> 01:18:14,319 What a splendid suit you're wearing. 529 01:18:14,420 --> 01:18:17,560 I want to give you a hug. - You won't get dirty. 530 01:18:19,820 --> 01:18:21,360 Look at this. 531 01:18:27,420 --> 01:18:30,239 Walking through Paris, seeing my book... 532 01:18:30,340 --> 01:18:31,760 in bookshop windows. 533 01:18:35,020 --> 01:18:39,000 It feels like a movie, but it's real. 534 01:18:39,300 --> 01:18:42,040 It's fascinating. 535 01:18:43,540 --> 01:18:44,540 Thank you. 536 01:18:49,900 --> 01:18:50,919 Hello. 537 01:18:51,020 --> 01:18:54,079 Nice to meet you. I read your book with great pleasure. 538 01:18:54,180 --> 01:18:59,519 How nice. - A boyhood dream. I really enjoyed it. 539 01:18:59,620 --> 01:19:03,519 And what a great reception in the press. 540 01:19:03,620 --> 01:19:05,559 Ronit Palache, from the publisher's. 541 01:19:05,660 --> 01:19:09,039 That's all her department. It was her coup. 542 01:19:09,140 --> 01:19:14,879 Thanks for coming to the Dutch residence here in Paris in such large numbers... 543 01:19:14,980 --> 01:19:19,480 for a talk about one of the great figures in Dutch history: 544 01:19:19,900 --> 01:19:22,719 Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn. 545 01:19:22,820 --> 01:19:26,159 Jan, may I invite you to step up here... 546 01:19:26,260 --> 01:19:28,959 before the public. 547 01:19:29,060 --> 01:19:32,479 I have to ask you this, Jan: Are potential buyers... 548 01:19:32,580 --> 01:19:34,079 queuing up already? 549 01:19:34,180 --> 01:19:40,320 Not really. How many people can afford to buy a Rembrandt and how many want to? 550 01:19:41,820 --> 01:19:43,879 Domestic news. 551 01:19:43,980 --> 01:19:46,920 This is today's NRC. 552 01:19:47,500 --> 01:19:50,159 The digital edition. 553 01:19:50,260 --> 01:19:52,479 Do you buy a Rembrandt... 554 01:19:52,580 --> 01:19:55,239 or do you buy a human being? 555 01:19:55,340 --> 01:19:57,519 For this portrait... 556 01:19:57,620 --> 01:19:59,960 is so real. 557 01:20:02,980 --> 01:20:06,639 You can get a real fright, so I explain to people: 558 01:20:06,740 --> 01:20:10,839 Beware, you'll walk into your sitting room and you'll get a fright. 559 01:20:10,940 --> 01:20:13,879 Here it is. Oh, my God. 560 01:20:13,980 --> 01:20:16,639 "Am I supposed to swallow Six's bullshit stories?" 561 01:20:16,740 --> 01:20:18,559 What? - Read this. 562 01:20:18,660 --> 01:20:21,959 Jan Six has cheated him, says an art dealer colleague of his. 563 01:20:22,060 --> 01:20:24,959 That's quite an accusation. That may go to court. 564 01:20:25,060 --> 01:20:29,399 "Am I supposed to swallow Six's bullshit stories?" 565 01:20:29,500 --> 01:20:34,479 Apparently there was an auction and this painting... 566 01:20:34,580 --> 01:20:37,319 They were supposed to buy together? - Yes. 567 01:20:37,420 --> 01:20:40,799 Sander Bijl and Jan Six. 568 01:20:40,900 --> 01:20:43,519 They'd set themselves a limit... 569 01:20:43,620 --> 01:20:49,479 and Jan just carried on bidding beyond this limit. 570 01:20:49,580 --> 01:20:51,559 That's outrageous. 571 01:20:51,660 --> 01:20:54,520 But it's such a shame. 572 01:20:55,860 --> 01:20:58,119 Such a great shame. 573 01:20:58,220 --> 01:21:00,519 The author Geert Mak says in his book... 574 01:21:00,620 --> 01:21:06,079 that the great Rembrandt was really quite an unpleasant character. 575 01:21:06,180 --> 01:21:10,239 What was he like and how can we know this? - We weren't there... 576 01:21:10,340 --> 01:21:12,079 so I have no idea. 577 01:21:12,180 --> 01:21:16,119 But if you look at the things we do know and you put them in a row... 578 01:21:16,220 --> 01:21:18,799 then he's not very nice. 579 01:21:18,900 --> 01:21:22,759 It's all lawsuits, quarrels, shouting, dissatisfaction. 580 01:21:22,860 --> 01:21:27,599 Being tough on his pupils, being stingy. 581 01:21:27,700 --> 01:21:32,119 Compared to someone like Rubens, he was a monster. 582 01:21:32,220 --> 01:21:34,079 But that's not realistic. 583 01:21:34,180 --> 01:21:37,999 If you were to put all the many quarrels I have had in a row... 584 01:21:38,100 --> 01:21:40,279 I'd look like a real bastard too. 585 01:21:40,380 --> 01:21:44,559 But I'm also quite nice. Except they don't write about that. 586 01:21:44,660 --> 01:21:47,760 You might wonder if it's actually that important. 587 01:21:48,180 --> 01:21:50,399 This is really... 588 01:21:50,500 --> 01:21:56,079 I should call Jan Six. - The language being used here... 589 01:21:56,180 --> 01:22:01,280 Two good friends suddenly falling out like this. 590 01:22:02,460 --> 01:22:04,120 Jan Six, thank you. 591 01:22:09,780 --> 01:22:11,519 Eijk, it's Jan. - Hi, Jan. 592 01:22:11,620 --> 01:22:14,319 Quite a lot has come out... 593 01:22:14,420 --> 01:22:16,960 over the past 24 hours. 594 01:22:18,980 --> 01:22:21,119 It's a very complicated story... 595 01:22:21,220 --> 01:22:26,240 which I will explain at some point, but which... 596 01:22:27,140 --> 01:22:31,519 I wasn't able to tell for a long time because Martin Bijl... 597 01:22:31,620 --> 01:22:35,040 was restoring the Christ painting. 598 01:22:43,300 --> 01:22:47,399 It was a secret to the outside world that Bijl senior was working on this. 599 01:22:47,500 --> 01:22:52,520 But the painting was there and Martin had no way of hiding it from his son. 600 01:22:56,180 --> 01:23:00,119 Because of the Rembrandt in his father's studio... 601 01:23:00,220 --> 01:23:03,679 Sander knew that Jan Six had an exceptional eye... 602 01:23:03,780 --> 01:23:06,440 for discovering Rembrandts. 603 01:23:12,060 --> 01:23:15,639 When Six saw the Portrait of a Young Man being put up at a London auction... 604 01:23:15,740 --> 01:23:18,599 he made sure he kept his interest to himself. 605 01:23:18,700 --> 01:23:22,799 He did consult Rembrandt expert Ernst van de Wetering. 606 01:23:22,900 --> 01:23:27,279 The first one who came to me... 607 01:23:27,380 --> 01:23:31,639 to ask my opinion about this painting, was Jan. 608 01:23:31,740 --> 01:23:36,160 But Ernst is also a close friend of Martin Bijl, Sander's Dad. 609 01:23:37,060 --> 01:23:39,800 At some stage... 610 01:23:40,540 --> 01:23:44,400 Sander asked me what I thought of this painting. 611 01:23:47,020 --> 01:23:53,240 He sent me a photo that Christie's had sent to him. 612 01:23:54,820 --> 01:23:56,640 When I got this photo, I thought: 613 01:23:57,740 --> 01:24:00,039 What is this? Is it unfinished? 614 01:24:00,140 --> 01:24:01,999 So I sent it on to Ernst. 615 01:24:02,100 --> 01:24:05,919 If someone asks me if I have seen it... 616 01:24:06,020 --> 01:24:09,999 yes, I have seen it, as Jan Six has shown it to me. 617 01:24:10,100 --> 01:24:16,159 In the art world, someone's interest in a work means an immediate increase in its value... 618 01:24:16,260 --> 01:24:20,039 particularly if the interested party has the track record... 619 01:24:20,140 --> 01:24:24,479 Jan Six had even before the unveiling of Rembrandt's Portrait of a Young Man. 620 01:24:24,580 --> 01:24:30,759 So Jan had every reason to hide his interest in this painting. 621 01:24:30,860 --> 01:24:34,999 Which he did. Even so, Sander got wind of it. 622 01:24:35,100 --> 01:24:37,640 Who told him? Ernst van de Wetering. 623 01:24:39,420 --> 01:24:43,719 That is childish, really... 624 01:24:43,820 --> 01:24:49,959 because everyone saw the illustration in that catalogue and thought: 625 01:24:50,060 --> 01:24:53,519 This looks fairly Rembrandtesque. 626 01:24:53,620 --> 01:24:56,159 If I screw this all up, darling... 627 01:24:56,260 --> 01:25:00,639 Darling, you're not going to screw this up. Look at me. 628 01:25:00,740 --> 01:25:05,800 You're an honest person. There's nothing to screw up if you're honest. 629 01:25:05,980 --> 01:25:07,679 Hello? 630 01:25:07,780 --> 01:25:10,599 Hi, Eijk, it's Frits. - Hi, Frits. 631 01:25:10,700 --> 01:25:14,239 This should never have come out in this way. 632 01:25:14,340 --> 01:25:16,119 Jan shouldn't have done this. 633 01:25:16,220 --> 01:25:22,119 If he'd bought it together with Sander Bijl, there would have been no trouble at all. 634 01:25:22,220 --> 01:25:26,239 They have to hush it up somehow, as it's not good... 635 01:25:26,340 --> 01:25:28,839 for either their future or for business. 636 01:25:28,940 --> 01:25:31,760 It's too late to hush this up. 637 01:25:40,700 --> 01:25:41,880 Jan Six. 638 01:25:42,700 --> 01:25:44,959 NRC has published an interview... 639 01:25:45,060 --> 01:25:47,879 with a colleague of yours, art dealer Sander Bijl... 640 01:25:47,980 --> 01:25:50,759 who is well known to you? - Certainly. 641 01:25:50,860 --> 01:25:55,239 He calls you a cheat, not to beat around the bush, and says... 642 01:25:55,340 --> 01:25:57,639 you cheated him over the purchase... 643 01:25:57,740 --> 01:26:00,719 of the Portrait. He was under the impression... 644 01:26:00,820 --> 01:26:03,479 you would be buying this Rembrandt... 645 01:26:03,580 --> 01:26:05,879 together. Is that true? 646 01:26:05,980 --> 01:26:10,239 No. I already had this other investor, you see. 647 01:26:10,340 --> 01:26:16,839 Why didn't you tell him that? - I couldn't, because of the confidentiality. 648 01:26:16,940 --> 01:26:22,559 It didn't matter to me. I had an investor prepared to pay millions. 649 01:26:22,660 --> 01:26:25,359 And frankly I'm under no obligation towards Sander Bijl. 650 01:26:25,460 --> 01:26:27,839 Couldn't you have said, sorry, but... 651 01:26:27,940 --> 01:26:31,479 If there had been too much of a stir... 652 01:26:31,580 --> 01:26:36,000 Christie's might even have withdrawn it from the auction. 653 01:26:39,060 --> 01:26:41,560 In the end it's all about money. 654 01:26:43,460 --> 01:26:46,999 Yes, but also... 655 01:26:47,100 --> 01:26:50,719 about recognition. I'm no psychiatrist... 656 01:26:50,820 --> 01:26:54,879 but Jan seems to have a great need to put himself forward. 657 01:26:54,980 --> 01:26:58,719 It's not about that. It's about... 658 01:26:58,820 --> 01:27:02,959 When he approached me, I wondered where he got this information. 659 01:27:03,060 --> 01:27:08,640 I could only assume that Professor Van de Wetering had shot his mouth off. 660 01:27:18,460 --> 01:27:21,719 Huge interests can be at stake... 661 01:27:21,820 --> 01:27:24,439 involving tens of millions of euros. 662 01:27:24,540 --> 01:27:26,800 Can I remain pure? 663 01:27:32,380 --> 01:27:34,880 Well, I... 664 01:27:36,700 --> 01:27:41,319 You shouldn't talk to me about money. 665 01:27:41,420 --> 01:27:45,799 I don't want to discuss that at all. 666 01:27:45,900 --> 01:27:49,039 I couldn't care less about the value... 667 01:27:49,140 --> 01:27:51,199 except as a work of art. 668 01:27:51,300 --> 01:27:56,639 I hate all that talk about cash that gets mixed up in the discussion. 669 01:27:56,740 --> 01:28:01,080 As if it matters. Those paintings belong to us all. 670 01:28:04,620 --> 01:28:09,159 Double-dealing in the art world over the discovery of a new Rembrandt. 671 01:28:09,260 --> 01:28:11,679 Two art dealers claim to have found it. 672 01:28:11,780 --> 01:28:15,799 One carried off the prize, the other accuses him of cheating. 673 01:28:15,900 --> 01:28:18,879 Ernst van de Wetering, the world's foremost Rembrandt expert... 674 01:28:18,980 --> 01:28:23,159 has been drawn into it and is being accused of foul play. 675 01:28:23,260 --> 01:28:26,759 You're 80 years old, you've made a very long career... 676 01:28:26,860 --> 01:28:30,999 out of identifying Rembrandt's work... 677 01:28:31,100 --> 01:28:35,839 and now something unpleasant like this happens at this point in your career. 678 01:28:35,940 --> 01:28:39,879 I understand Jan Six called you tonight. 679 01:28:39,980 --> 01:28:42,200 I'm too tense right now. 680 01:28:43,980 --> 01:28:45,840 I need to... 681 01:28:49,260 --> 01:28:53,599 Yes. He said: "Ernst, what's going on?" 682 01:28:53,700 --> 01:28:56,959 Well, it was all over the newspapers... 683 01:28:57,060 --> 01:29:03,039 so I said: "If anyone knows what is going on, it's you." 684 01:29:03,140 --> 01:29:06,720 I called him a shit and slammed down the phone. 685 01:29:28,860 --> 01:29:34,199 I have never before broken off relations with someone... 686 01:29:34,300 --> 01:29:37,600 like I did tonight. 687 01:29:39,260 --> 01:29:40,600 Sad. 688 01:29:46,380 --> 01:29:48,519 I don't feel well at all. 689 01:29:48,620 --> 01:29:52,679 This is so incredibly stressful, I have to collect myself. 690 01:29:52,780 --> 01:29:55,520 Just give me a moment. 691 01:30:05,180 --> 01:30:08,960 He has a good eye, so... 692 01:30:09,860 --> 01:30:12,920 I don't mind buying a painting off him. 693 01:30:13,820 --> 01:30:17,599 He has a good eye. - Absolutely. 694 01:30:17,700 --> 01:30:19,680 I agree with you there. 695 01:30:20,380 --> 01:30:22,399 I'll think about it. 696 01:30:22,500 --> 01:30:24,880 Bye, Eijk. - Goodbye. 697 01:30:29,100 --> 01:30:32,160 This should never have happened. 698 01:30:33,620 --> 01:30:35,440 It's a shame. 699 01:30:36,140 --> 01:30:38,879 A real shame. But we can concentrate... 700 01:30:38,980 --> 01:30:41,679 on buying this painting, Rose. 701 01:30:41,780 --> 01:30:43,600 Yes. 702 01:31:06,500 --> 01:31:08,280 Incredible. 703 01:31:09,540 --> 01:31:11,680 It's giving me goose bumps. 704 01:31:14,980 --> 01:31:18,759 The Louvre and the Rijksmuseum are now closely connected. 705 01:31:18,860 --> 01:31:22,319 And the Louvre is and will remain the most visited museum in the world. 706 01:31:22,420 --> 01:31:26,879 Over there you can see them in an international context... 707 01:31:26,980 --> 01:31:32,159 and here at the Rijksmuseum, which has more Rembrandts than any other... 708 01:31:32,260 --> 01:31:35,119 you can see them "at home". 709 01:31:35,220 --> 01:31:37,600 So, I'm happy. 710 01:31:38,380 --> 01:31:40,360 Welcome home. 711 01:31:46,100 --> 01:31:49,279 We at the Rijksmuseum are immensely proud... 712 01:31:49,380 --> 01:31:52,399 that we can now show them to the world. 713 01:31:52,500 --> 01:31:54,160 Where are they? 714 01:32:19,900 --> 01:32:21,839 Who are they? 715 01:32:21,940 --> 01:32:23,480 Marten and Oopjen. 716 01:34:30,940 --> 01:34:34,279 One etching really caught my eye this year: 717 01:34:34,380 --> 01:34:38,200 Abraham and his son Isaac. 718 01:34:42,100 --> 01:34:45,160 A father sacrificing his son to God. 719 01:34:48,980 --> 01:34:52,479 It's an extremely intense moment, very grim. 720 01:34:52,580 --> 01:34:56,800 Rembrandt was much affected by the father-son relationship. 721 01:35:00,700 --> 01:35:02,920 And I suspect... 722 01:35:04,380 --> 01:35:06,960 that he also painted this scene. 723 01:35:07,580 --> 01:35:10,279 And we don't know the painting. 724 01:35:10,380 --> 01:35:14,640 Wouldn't it be great if that painting suddenly turned up? 725 01:35:15,820 --> 01:35:20,680 I suspect it might just be my next discovery. 58966

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