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The world-famous Mauritshuis Den Haag - The Hague, The Netherlands : Home of The Girl With A Pearl Earring : See Vermeer's Original! Enjoy! WORLD : ART : SENSE! :)
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The Mauritshuis Den Haag / The Hague in the Netherlands
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.
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In 1631, army officer John Maurice, Count of Nassau-Siegen (1604–1679), 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. The building was restored between 1708 and 1718. In 1820, the Mauritshuis was bought by the Dutch state for the purpose of housing the Royal Cabinet of Paintings.
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THIS MUSEUM, A ROYAL GALLERY WAS JUST AMAZING AND WONDERFUL IN EVERY RESPECT IN THE ARTBOOK! CAN ONLY HIGHLY RECOMMEND A VISIT TO THIS GEM!
PRICELESS, HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED THE GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING BY JOHANNES VERMEER AND MANY OTHERS INCLUDING RARE REMBRANDTS! EXPLORE THE ARTWORLD, NOT BY THE BOOK, BUT WITH YOUR EYES AND SENSES! GO BEYOND THE OBVIOUS! ENJOY!
World's Columbian Exposition: Liberal Arts Building, Chicago, United States, 1893.
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World's Columbian Exposition: Liberal Arts Building, Chicago, United States, 1893. Liberal Arts Building, Grand Basin and North Canal, [with gondolas on canal and people in view,] Sept.; Starks W. Lewis, Amateur, Brooklyn, N.Y. Brooklyn Museum Archives, Goodyear Archival Collection (S03_06_01_016 image 2221).
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Some links with more information about the GSA and this outstanding Glasgow building:
www.seeglasgow.com/seeglasgow/museums-and-galleriesnew/ch...
www.gsa.ac.uk/
www.glasgowarchitecture.co.uk/glasgow_school_of_art.htm
www.crmsociety.com/Attraction.aspx?NavPage=51&AttId=11
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