In 1655-1656 the ceilings of the Weeskamer and the Thesaurie Ordinaris of the Amsterdam town hall were painted by Cornelis Holsteijn, that of the Justitiekamer by Nicolaes van Helt Stockade and that of the Burgemeesterskamer by Jan van Bronkhorst. The allegorical representations of justice, against the backdrop of a blue sky, are embedded in the architectural structure of the rooms on the first floor. In 2006, the Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg was commissioned to study the effects that natural aging and interventions done in the past had had on the linen canvas and the painter’s materials that had been used. The fact that smalt, a blue pigment that turns grey over time, was used for the sky parts had repeatedly led to extensive rest...
In 1808, King Louis Napoleon had the town hall of Amsterdam converted to Royal Palace. Besides makin...
The front elevation of the Ridderzaal (Knights’ Hall) in the Binnenhof in The Hague is one of the be...
The Royal Palace in Amsterdam (originally the town hall) was restored during 2005-2011. The restorat...
In 1655-1656 the ceilings of the Weeskamer and the Thesaurie Ordinaris of the Amsterdam town hall we...
Between 1648 and 1968 there were three major stages in the building history of the town hall and Roy...
Over the past few years (2006-2011), the former town hall of Amsterdam, which has been in use as Roy...
Four hundred years after Rembrandt's birth all sorts of exhibitions are to be seen in the Dutch muse...
Since 1903 a lot of wall paintings have been discovered in the main church in Breda, on the walls as...
In the middle of the eighteenth century, the so-called Koopmanshuis (Merchant’s House) at Rechter Ro...
One hundred years after its emergence, the Amsterdam School still manages to fascinate people with i...
After 1968, few changes were made to the Royal Palace in Amsterdam and eventually the palace was no ...
In 2002, the Jeruzalem neighbourhood in the residential area Frankendaal, Amsterdam, threatened to b...
The Royal Palace in Amsterdam has the largest sandstone-cladded façade of the Netherlands, made of O...
In ‘The Exhibitionist House’, Beatriz Colomina highlights how the house has become ‘the most importa...
Het gebied langs de Singelgracht in Amsterdam kent een bijzondere geschiedenis. Behalve uitzonderlij...
In 1808, King Louis Napoleon had the town hall of Amsterdam converted to Royal Palace. Besides makin...
The front elevation of the Ridderzaal (Knights’ Hall) in the Binnenhof in The Hague is one of the be...
The Royal Palace in Amsterdam (originally the town hall) was restored during 2005-2011. The restorat...
In 1655-1656 the ceilings of the Weeskamer and the Thesaurie Ordinaris of the Amsterdam town hall we...
Between 1648 and 1968 there were three major stages in the building history of the town hall and Roy...
Over the past few years (2006-2011), the former town hall of Amsterdam, which has been in use as Roy...
Four hundred years after Rembrandt's birth all sorts of exhibitions are to be seen in the Dutch muse...
Since 1903 a lot of wall paintings have been discovered in the main church in Breda, on the walls as...
In the middle of the eighteenth century, the so-called Koopmanshuis (Merchant’s House) at Rechter Ro...
One hundred years after its emergence, the Amsterdam School still manages to fascinate people with i...
After 1968, few changes were made to the Royal Palace in Amsterdam and eventually the palace was no ...
In 2002, the Jeruzalem neighbourhood in the residential area Frankendaal, Amsterdam, threatened to b...
The Royal Palace in Amsterdam has the largest sandstone-cladded façade of the Netherlands, made of O...
In ‘The Exhibitionist House’, Beatriz Colomina highlights how the house has become ‘the most importa...
Het gebied langs de Singelgracht in Amsterdam kent een bijzondere geschiedenis. Behalve uitzonderlij...
In 1808, King Louis Napoleon had the town hall of Amsterdam converted to Royal Palace. Besides makin...
The front elevation of the Ridderzaal (Knights’ Hall) in the Binnenhof in The Hague is one of the be...
The Royal Palace in Amsterdam (originally the town hall) was restored during 2005-2011. The restorat...