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The Oude Kerk (English: Old Church) is Amsterdam's oldest building and newest art institute (since 2012). The building was founded about 1213 and consecrated in 1306 by the bishop of Utrecht with Saint Nicolas as its patron saint. After the Reformation in 1578, it became a Calvinist church, which it remains today.
Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder (OLHOS; English: Our Lord in the Attic) is a 17th-century canal house, house church, and museum in the city center of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The Catholic Church was built on the top three floors of the canal house during the 1660s.
In the 1920´s and under the name Amsterdam Joffers the group frequently exhibited their work at Kunstzaal Frans Buffa, an Amsterdam art gallery. [8] A 1947 book by Johan van Eikeren consolidated the expression Amsterdamse Joffers in Dutch art history. [9] The separate class for women at the Rijksacademie was long gone.
120 Paintings from the Rijksmuseum is a selection of paintings that were included in a booklet of illustrations in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam giftshop for visitors during the years 1950–1990. It was meant as an illustrated companion guide to the catalog of the paintings on show , which included information about the +/-1,200 paintings on show.
The oldest building in Amsterdam is the Oude Kerk (English: Old Church), at the heart of the Wallen, consecrated in 1306. [173] The oldest wooden building is Het Houten Huys [174] at the Begijnhof. It was constructed around 1425 and is one of only two existing wooden buildings. It is also one of the few examples of Gothic architecture in Amsterdam.
Archaeologists have unearthed a strange 2,500-year-old burial of an Iron Age woman in Sweden with a small knife stuck to her grave.. The latest dig at the ancient cemetery site in Pryssgården in ...
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam: An old woman reading: 1631: Oil paint: private collection Bust of an old woman (Rembrandt's mother) c. 1628: Oil paint: private collection Study of an old man (Rembrandt's father) c. 1630: Oil on panel: 46.9 x 38.8: Mauritshuis, The Hague Rembrandt's mother: c. 1629: Oil paint: Royal Collection at Windsor Castle Self ...
Van Gogh's art dealer uncle, Cornelis Marinus, commissioned 20 ink drawings of the city, which the artist completed by the end of May [3] but were not acceptable to his uncle. To further complicate matters, Van Gogh had a falling-out with cousin-in-law, Anton Mauve , who had funded a studio for Van Gogh and provided training and guidance in ...