Here is Vermeer’s View of Delft (Dutch: Gezicht op Delft) present day. An approximate position from the modern riverbank on Hooikade, south of the historic center. View of Delft is an oil painting by Johannes Vermeer, painted around 1659–1661. This painting of the Dutch artist’s hometown is among his best-known…
Category: South Holland
Rotterdam
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Sweepers Clock by Maarten Baas
I was in the neighbourhood of Museumpark, in Rotterdam. Thought I pop by to the Erasmus MC to check out an art installation that I have been curious to witness in person. It is about a clock! Video: a five-second time-lapse recording which represents about a minute and a half…
Rotterdam
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Rigardus Rijnhout
An interesting sculpture of a very tall man placed in the neighbourhood park of the Oude Westen, in Rotterdam. It got me curious. This is Rigardus Rijnhout (Rotterdam, 21 April 1922 – Leiden, 13 April 1959). He was known as the Giant of Rotterdam due to his height of 2…