Rembrandt: The power of his self portraits | National Gallery

I homeschool my 5 year old and 8 year old boys. We watch this channel 3-4 times a week and my kids are absolutely hooked. They follow the lectures with no interruption, are 100% focused and in awe. It’s a delight to see my boys fall in love with arts and wanting to learn more and more about it. Titian, Dali, Vermeer, van Gogh, Holbein, Van Dyke, Degas etc are all favorites of my boys. Thanks to his channel a new generation of art lovers is being raised and recruited. I can’t praise you enough. Thank you for all your work and effort. It’s very appreciated and valued.

My most favorite YouTube channel! These lectures are a treasure! The knowledge, the history, the context. This is how art should be thought at school. This is how one can fall in love with it!

Mr. Heard has a wonderful way of engaging his audience, and making the relevant points sing.

I visited the Museum of Art in S.F. about 10 years back and was walking through looking at painting after painting and not really feeling much, and then I came upon one that just stopped me in my tracks. It was a Rembrandt and it was unlike anything I'd ever seen. I've learned a lot about the artist since because he is by far my favorite painter of all time.

Good to see someone from Minecraft enjoying the lecture.

That was such an informative lecture. The most amazing thing for me was how much contact there was between countries. How Rembrandt was aware of other painters in Europe, and referenced to them in this painting. It was a very special time, he probably played with the children of the pelgrim fathers. My favorite Rembrandt is the drawing of Elsje Christiaens, its heart breaking. Rembrandt captured that feeling of a lost life so perfectly.

The Rembrandt room in the National Gallery is incredible.

Brilliant! Very informative and enjoyable. Great to see these videos made available to the public, particularly for those who live far away from the capital and can't very easily get to the talks. Thank you.

Outstanding & interesting presentation; a bit of a deeper dive into what I learned in art history. Very well done, Mr Heard. I didn't want it to end. 👏

This lecture is a treasure! Thank you Mr.Heard, I enjoyed it so much that I’ve listened to it at least 10 times😊

What a remarkable lecturer. Quite an interesting character

The woman in red in the front row, apparently the back of her head is so recognizable, and it being so crucial that she not be seen attending an art lecture, that she must be pixelated.

Mr. Wrinkles and Mrs. Pixels ;-). The presentation was great.

I visited the Rembrandt Exhibition at Art Institute of Chicago a couple of years ago - his paintings are mesmerizing.

If you zoom in closely on to the lecturers glasses you can see the pixel lady's face

Rembrandt's eyes are amazing! So soft, yes blue, & transparent. Really like looking into the soul of the artist. I now understand how important Rembrandt is. Thank you to the lecturer, James Heard. Thoroughly enjoyable & engaging.

Thank you The National Gallery , I am enjoying this talk on the history of Rembrandt , a mine of immensely interesting information .

Thank YOU very much! Warm regards from Argentina ❤️🇦🇷

These lectures on youtube are priceless when you cant get there.

Dear, Mr. James Heard, thank you so much for shareing your knowledge about Rembrant paintings. Always when i see his works i start crying because of the details. Iam always so impressed by his attention to details and when i realise, he was working on his painting in 17th century, for me his works look like a miracle as well as opportunity to see them myself. Thank you so much for a great and deep pleasure!