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I am sterdam, reflection pond...in front of Rijks Museum

"For her to the limit kept saying no to fascism" - by Google Translate

"...kept saying no..."

My trusty steed.

My fancy camera: black & white with red called out.

There are just a few Van Gogh pieces...this small self portrait and floral. (He has his own museum...)

Weird to be so up close & personal with an original masterpiece.

I loved this piece called "Two Mothers". The woman holds her child, her dog's pups, two fish & an empty net... apparently not much food to go around.

I call this shot "woman in purple with museum headset".

Very famous windmill painting I forget the artist. Apparently during The Hague School, when everyone was painting in greys, this artist loved colorful scenes.

A model of a hero's tribute...notice the skeleton...

I read that horses are often pictured riding off into the horizon & cattle are depicted coming at the viewer...interesting.

Now that's a piece of furniture.

This is a depiction of the Battle at Waterloo. You can see the French flag is captured on the far left.

From what I recall reading, this was one of the first times that portrait subjects were depicted showing their profession by the tools of their trade sitting before them.

If I recall correctly, this was The 10 Weepers. Very important wife of someone important in the Napolean era was honored with 24 weeping statues at her grave. These 10 remain. They are about 12" tall & many are missing arms, etc. Makes you wonder where the other 14 are?

This really was interesting & hard to swallow... read the accompanying info on next two slides.

The weirdest part is that The Onion recently took a stab at this concept: (ouch) http://www.theonion.com/articles/heartless-dutch-curators-put-deranged-scrawlings-o,33803/

Yes, this is oddly very cute & cozy & creepy & should be found at Burning Man. And don't forget sexual. It is a Wombtomb.

Genius.

A Nazi Chess Set is the very last thing I expected I would see today.

Rijks Museum Amsterdam
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en

Latest comments

25.07 | 14:21

Happy to be in your "souvenirs" !

10.07 | 19:37

we loved Santorini the best... gorgeous gorgeous! You should try to get lodging asap... on the cliff if you can! We did also enjoy the trips from Athens. send me an email! janetraydon@yahoo.com

10.07 | 18:55

My kids are at the British school and we have a mutual friend, joy Ellen.
I actually wanted your opinion on where to visit... We are wide open and I am overwhelmed ( I did check the website u mention

10.07 | 18:09

hey Chris! do I know you? I'm happy to let you know our thoughts... where are you planning to visit?