Meet the High Society

The Rijksmuseum presents ‘High Society’: four centuries of glamour by the great masters of the history of art, including Cranach, Veronese, Velázquez, Reynolds, Gainsborough, Sargent, Munch and Manet.

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The High Society party

Episode 1: Restored - High Society 00:00
Episode 1: Restored - High Society 00:00
Episode 2: Fashion - High Society 00:00
Episode 2: Fashion - High Society 00:00
Episode 3: Sex - High Society 00:00
Episode 3: Sex - High Society 00:00
Episode 4: Money - High Society 00:00
Episode 4: Money - High Society 00:00
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Rembrandt van Rijn, Portrait of Marten Soolmans , 1634. Acquired by the Dutch State for the Rijksmuseum

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Rembrandt van Rijn, Portrait of Oopjen Coppit, 1634. Acquired by the French Republic for the Musée du Louvre

Baltimore, Walters Art_Paolo Veronese, Countess Livia da Porto Thiene-custom

Paolo Veronese, Livia Thiene with her daughter Porzia, c. 1555. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland

Florence, Uffizi_Paolo Veronese, Count Iseppo da Porto-custom

Paolo Veronese, Iseppo do Porto with his son Adrian, c. 1555. Florence, Galleria degli Uffizi, Contini Bonacossi Collection

Dresden, Alte Meister_Lucas Cranach the Elder, Catherine of Mecklenburg-custom

Lucas Cranach the Elder, Catherine, Countess of Mecklenburg, 1515. Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

Dresden, Alte Meister_Lucas Cranach the Elder, Henry the Pious, Duke of Saxony-custom

Lucas Cranach the Elder, Henry the Pious, Duke of Saxony, 1514. Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

Los Angeles, The Hammer Museum_John Singer Sargent, Dr Samuel-Jean Pozzi-custom

John Singer Sargent, Dr Pozzi at home, 1881. The Armand Hammer Collection, Gift of the Armand Hammer Foundation. Hammer Museum, Los Angeles

New York, Christie's Particulier_Giovanni Boldini, Marchesa Luisa Casati-custom

Giovanni Boldini, Marchesa Luisa Casati with a Greyhound, 1908. Private collection

San Marino, Hunthington Art Collections_Sir Joshua Reynolds, Jane Fleming, later Countess of Harrington-custom

Sir Joshua Reynolds, Jane Fleming, latere Gravin van Harrington, ca. 1778–79. San Marino, The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens

Wenen KHM_Hans Mielich, Anna of Austria-custom

Erzhortogin Anna (1528- 1590), in ganzer Figur. Wenen, Kunsthistorisches Museum Gemäldegalerie

Winterthur, Kunstmuseum _Samuel van Hoogstraten, Ferdinand Graf von Werdenberg-custom

Samuel van Hoogstraten, Portret van Ferdinand Graf von Werdenberg. Winterthur, Museum Briner und Kern

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Behind the Scenes

Cécile Narinx about High Society 00:00
Cécile Narinx about High Society 00:00
Behind the Scenes: Omai 00:00
Behind the Scenes: Omai 00:00
Behind the Scenes: Dr Samuel-Jean Pozzi 00:00
Behind the Scenes: Dr Samuel-Jean Pozzi 00:00

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