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Isidore was the first photographer to document the awe-inspiring artistic treasures of Java.

"Terra cotta group holding 2 ithyphallic figures & 2 female figures w/ child"
Isidore van Kinsbergen
Karta Wangungan, W. Java province
1863-64
Rijksmuseum

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2019-10-21

arthouse noir: singers in a sinister setting by Jan Somer, c.1655-1705, coll. probably members of a Dutch dramatic society.

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2019-10-16

When you decide to draw a zebra but rely on secondhand accounts, Antonio Tempesta c. 1650 (Rijksmuseum)

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2019-10-16

Studies van een roze en een witte roos, Marie Louise Praetorius, 19

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2019-10-12

First Dutch archaeological excavation of a ship wreck took place in 1822: the find dated from 1593. The vessel was used during the Siege of Geertruidenberg. A model was made out of excavated wood from this https://t.co/PzOKjwvVXC

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2019-09-30

city view changed forever: Korte Voorhout, by Jan de Bisschop, 1648 - 1671, and Google Streetview, c.2019.

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2019-09-25

Image of the period in modern times: "Inn of Jan Steen" reconstruction at the Amsterdam in 1883 using original 16th and 17th c. fragments and items.
https://t.co/tr3j9uMZcl

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2019-09-22

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2019-09-18