Absorbing, thoughtful, and knowledgeable describe this wonderfully informative Walk of Rembrandt’s Amsterdam—including his house/studio, his work, life, and influence. Rob Fucci, Context’s docent and a young, leading expert of Dutch art and artists, brings to life the culture and history of 16th and 17th century Amsterdam, the place that shaped the modern city of today. This 3-hour walk was the best; it gave us a personal and tactile understanding of Amsterdam’s heritage.

Rob was a wonderful guide. The excitement he feels for his subject is obvious and he has a way of imparting it to others. We learned a lot on our tour with him and can't wait to go back to take in more!

He was just lovely, and clearly hugely knowledgeable, but we spent far too much time in the Rembrandt Museum. This also had to be paid for separately, yet wasn't mentioned in the booking process and isn't really the norm on guided tours. Plus, the whole point of Context, based on other tours, is that it puts it in the CONTEXT of the city. Almost nothing was mentioned about what was happening in Amsterdam at the time he was working, why or how he because so hugely popular / wealthy so quickly, and beyond the museum, we covered very little ground in the city. The tour ended a good 30 minutes early, yet we still felt we knew very little about Rembrandt as a person, his life or the city. What we knew perhaps too much about was his technique. BUT it was still interesting. However, it assumed too much knowledge (several people on the tour barely even knew who Rembrandt was - and this wasn't explained), didn't include enough useful 'city' information and covered very little ground. It was effectively a museum tour with a few bits added on Really nice docent. Defo think I'm overstating the negative here. Lots and lots of great info and insight into the technique, cost of artworks, etc.

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