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

An Italian fairy tale in the Netherlands

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

Naples through Dutch eyes

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

Wim Alings’ Italy

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

City of peace

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

Mussolini’s Italy through the eyes of Pim Pernel

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

Whatever the weather IV

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

Whatever the weather III

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

Whatever the weather II

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

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

For the reader hungry for Italy

Source: John Tenniel, 1892, Wikimedia Commons.

Whatever the weather I