Things Seen in Holland
Penfield, Robinson, May A. Post, and Elizabeth Nourse. Dutch Royalty, in the person of Queen Emma, has visited this unique abode of artists. Katwijk, Scheveningen, and other sea-coast towns, are also much frequented by the brothers of the brush. The Frisian Islands deserve to be better explored by them.
To descant on the many treasures displayed in the museums or picture-galleries would carry one too far. The tourist will “do” the Rijks Museum, and content himself with a glance at Rembrandt's great painting, erroneously styled “The Night Watch,” at Paul Potter's “Bull,” in the Mauritshuis at The Hague, where is also to be seen Rembrandt's “Lesson of Anatomy,” or, again, at Franz Hals' “Jolly Toper” and “Buffoon,” likewise in the great museum of Amsterdam. But the lover of art will do more. He will pursue
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