DUTCH MASTER

Great Paintings Of The World With Andrew Marr, 9pm, Ch5

ONE of the biggest — literally and metaphorically — works of art of the Dutch Golden Age, Rembrandt’s The Night Watch has its own gallery in the Netherlands’ national museum — the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Behind this imposing and beguiling piece, painted in 1642, is a fascinating story of how its creator went from mass fame to a pauper’s grave.