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Page 33 from De vrouwen Baccalare, Van Hoogstraten-Schoch, 1935.

An Italian fairy tale in the Netherlands

19 February 2023

Woningen in Napels met buiten hangende was. Source: Giorgio Sommer, ca. 1893 - ca. 1903, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.

Naples through Dutch eyes

19 February 2023

The cover of Capri, amore e poesia, Wim Alings Jr., 1957.

Wim Alings’ Italy

19 February 2023

Bridge of Sighs, Venice. Source: Fratelli Alinari, ca. 1880 - ca. 1895, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.

City of peace

18 February 2023

The cover of Naar het land van Mussolini, Pim Pernel, 1926.

Mussolini’s Italy through the eyes of Pim Pernel

18 February 2023

Source: Georg Balthasar Probst, 1742-1801, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.

Whatever the weather IV

18 February 2023

Source: (attributed to) Wenceslaus Hollar, 1693-1717, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.

Whatever the weather III

18 February 2023

Source: Mathias de Sallieth, after Dirk de Jong, 1781-1787, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.

Whatever the weather II

18 February 2023

Portrait of Johan Fabricius. Source: Johan Fabricius, Een wereld in beroering (A world in upheavel), 1952; photo by Ehrlich.

The world in books: Johan Fabricius

17 February 2023

Portrait of three pasta-eating street boys. Source: Anonymous, ca. 1870-1900, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.

For the reader hungry for Italy

2 February 2023

Source: John Tenniel, 1892, Wikimedia Commons.

Whatever the weather I

13 January 2023