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Museums in the Hague: Mauritshuis, Museon, Museum Bredius, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Beelden Aan Zee, Escher Museum

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Description:Chapters: Mauritshuis, Museon, Museum Bredius, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Beelden Aan Zee, Escher Museum, Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum, Museum Mesdag. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 28. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis (English: "Maurice House") is an art museum in The Hague, the Netherlands. Previously the residence of count John Maurice of Nassau, it now has a large art collection, including paintings by Dutch painters such as Johannes Vermeer, Rembrandt van Rijn, Jan Steen, Paulus Potter and Frans Hals and works of the German painter Hans Holbein the Younger. Prince John Maurice, namesake of the Mauritshuis, portrayed by Jan de BaenIn 1631, army officer John Maurice, Count of Nassau-Siegen (16041679), who was a cousin of stadtholder Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, bought a plot bordering the Binnenhof and the adjacent pond named Hofvijver (English: "Court's Pond") in the The Hague, Holland, Dutch Republic. At that time, The Hague was the political center of the Dutch Republic and the States-General assembled in the Binnenhof. The Mauritshuis was named after Prince John Maurice and was built between 1636 and 1641, the period when he was the governor of Dutch Brazil or New Holland. The Dutch Classicist building was designed by the Dutch architects Jacob van Campen and Pieter Post. The two-storey building is strictly symmetrical contained four apartments and a great hall. Each apartment was designed with an antechamber, a chamber, a cabinet, and a cloakroom. Originally, the building had a cupola, which was destroyed in a fire in 1704. After the death of Prince John Maurice in 1679, the house was owned by the Maes family, who leased the house to the Dutch government. In 1704, most of the interior of the Mauritshuis was destroyed by fire. Th...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=52232We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Museums in the Hague: Mauritshuis, Museon, Museum Bredius, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Beelden Aan Zee, Escher Museum. To get started finding Museums in the Hague: Mauritshuis, Museon, Museum Bredius, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Beelden Aan Zee, Escher Museum, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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30
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Release
2010
ISBN
1157501729

Museums in the Hague: Mauritshuis, Museon, Museum Bredius, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Beelden Aan Zee, Escher Museum

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Description: Chapters: Mauritshuis, Museon, Museum Bredius, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Beelden Aan Zee, Escher Museum, Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum, Museum Mesdag. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 28. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis (English: "Maurice House") is an art museum in The Hague, the Netherlands. Previously the residence of count John Maurice of Nassau, it now has a large art collection, including paintings by Dutch painters such as Johannes Vermeer, Rembrandt van Rijn, Jan Steen, Paulus Potter and Frans Hals and works of the German painter Hans Holbein the Younger. Prince John Maurice, namesake of the Mauritshuis, portrayed by Jan de BaenIn 1631, army officer John Maurice, Count of Nassau-Siegen (16041679), who was a cousin of stadtholder Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, bought a plot bordering the Binnenhof and the adjacent pond named Hofvijver (English: "Court's Pond") in the The Hague, Holland, Dutch Republic. At that time, The Hague was the political center of the Dutch Republic and the States-General assembled in the Binnenhof. The Mauritshuis was named after Prince John Maurice and was built between 1636 and 1641, the period when he was the governor of Dutch Brazil or New Holland. The Dutch Classicist building was designed by the Dutch architects Jacob van Campen and Pieter Post. The two-storey building is strictly symmetrical contained four apartments and a great hall. Each apartment was designed with an antechamber, a chamber, a cabinet, and a cloakroom. Originally, the building had a cupola, which was destroyed in a fire in 1704. After the death of Prince John Maurice in 1679, the house was owned by the Maes family, who leased the house to the Dutch government. In 1704, most of the interior of the Mauritshuis was destroyed by fire. Th...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=52232We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Museums in the Hague: Mauritshuis, Museon, Museum Bredius, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Beelden Aan Zee, Escher Museum. To get started finding Museums in the Hague: Mauritshuis, Museon, Museum Bredius, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Beelden Aan Zee, Escher Museum, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages
30
Format
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Publisher
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Release
2010
ISBN
1157501729

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