RM24017 – Where is Rembrandt’s Etching press

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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 two-day period, on 25 and 26 July 1656, by Frans Bruijningh, the secretary of the Chamber of Abandoned and Insolvent Estates. On today’s terms one could sat the insolvency court. In that podcast I also tossed some queries why certain assets seemed to be missing.

This drew the attention of Desmond Healy, an artist-etcher form the UK. He did send a reaction to www.rembrandtsmoney.com. Desmond wondered what happened to Rembrandt’s etching press? Was it mentioned in the inventory or was it exempt as a tool of trade?

Desmond’s question guided me back to do some additional research, which led to the following interesting developments.

This is the link you are seeking for when you where attented at timecode 18.34. 'How did Rembrandt work as an etcher? Yvonne Strang explains it in this 10 munutes video: (In Dutch with English subtitles), https://www.rembrandthuis.nl/nl/te-doen/rembrandt-bij-je-thuis/tutorials/
1. Idea, research, author, and narration: Bob Wessels: linkedin.com/in/bobwessels
2. Artwork, editing, production: Jan Wind: linkedin.com/in/janwind-videomaker
3. Artwork based on the bookcover of ‘Rembrandt’s money’ designed by Teun Okkerse: linkedin.com/in/theun-okkerse-516130b
4. 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
Artwork for this episode:
Public Domain - Wiki Commons.

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