It looks fabulous!!! Thank you for sharing that.Dockside Gallery
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Don't tell anyone, but I made the first image as the wallpaper for my screen! It looks fabulous!!! Thank you for sharing that.
It looks fabulous!!! Thank you for sharing that.
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We are recently back from a great trip from Amsterdam to the Alps. Day 2 (after the tulips) was the Rijk museum and Van Gogh museum. The "Night Watch" is the highlight of the RijkMuseum . It's huge 12X14 feet. Art is interesting in the Netherlands. Elaborate building do not have angels or kings on them, but tea merchants and shipping giants. Rockefeller Center of its day. Rembrandt would get a commission from each of the wealthy businessmen he painted into a piece. The more prominent (or wealthy) the businessman, the closer to the center, taller, more elaborate the outfit. Not sure how that young girl got in there.
We are recently back from a great trip from Amsterdam to the Alps. Day 2 (after the tulips) was the Rijk museum and Van Gogh museum. The "Night Watch" is the highlight of the RijkMuseum . It's huge 12X14 feet. Art is interesting in the Netherlands. Elaborate building do not have angels or kings on them, but tea merchants and shipping giants. Rockefeller Center of its day. Rembrandt would get a commission from each of the wealthy businessmen he painted into a piece. The more prominent (or wealthy) the businessman, the closer to the center, taller, more elaborate the outfit. Not sure how that young girl got in there.
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The Nachtwacht used to be even larger.
Around 1715 all four sides were shortened to make it fit in another room by the then owner.
It isn't quite known who or what the girl is.
One theory says she's a mythological ghost, another says she's a pictorial mascot.
Some suspect she's Rembrandt's deceased wife Saskia, others think she's an angel, and there was a time when it was thought she's one of the daughters of Jacob Nachtglas, one of the governors of the Kloveniersdoelen.
None of the theories is proven, though.
Around 1715 all four sides were shortened to make it fit in another room by the then owner.
It isn't quite known who or what the girl is.
One theory says she's a mythological ghost, another says she's a pictorial mascot.
Some suspect she's Rembrandt's deceased wife Saskia, others think she's an angel, and there was a time when it was thought she's one of the daughters of Jacob Nachtglas, one of the governors of the Kloveniersdoelen.
None of the theories is proven, though.
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Maikel, Your country has given me lots to think about. Your collective view of history is SO much different from ours. I looked up and saw a building with the number 1621 on top- not the address I was told- that's when it was build -close to the Mayflower landing on our East Coast (oh- and they were also by way of the Netherlands.) I think of the dredging for the canals, all of those neatly laid cobble stones. Buildings did not have angels or kings adorning them--- but businessmen's faces. oh, and CHEESE! I have a lot to ponder. Thank you for putting up with another boatload of American Tourists. At least we are better educated as a result.
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Glad to read you enjoyed our country. 
I don't think there is a street long enough in The Netherlands to have a house with the number 1621.
No mention of our 17,000 km of dikes?
I don't think there is a street long enough in The Netherlands to have a house with the number 1621.
No mention of our 17,000 km of dikes?
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Just ran across this by chance:
