happy faces

 

 

 

The Rijksmuseum features more traditional art but is still worth a visit. Rembrandt's, 'The Night Watch' is huge and stunning, even if it is surrounded by scaffolding and protective sheeting whilst undergoing restoration.

Cuyper's library is equally majestic. It houses over 450,000 art books, all of which can still be consulted and studied by members of the public.

Finally, the ship shown below is a model of the William Rex made in 1698 by dockyard craftsmen. It's five metres long and nearly as tall and features seventy four gun ports.

 

 

light and dark and death

 

 

the house of rembrandt and and his head-phone story scrolling in the paints and the shadows and the daubs and the strange exotic collections and the student studies and his meteoric rise and fall from grace