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Things Seen in Holland
artists, whom the Dutch Stadhouders patronized—to wit, Jacob Jordaens and his school. Prominent among these stands Jordaens' allegorical tableau, representing the apotheosis of Frederik Hendrik.
The Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen, better known as the Mauritshuis, is the picture gallery of The Hague. It contains Rembrandt's “Lesson of Anatomy” and Paul Potter's “Bull,”[1] to say nothing of other valuable paintings; but this book does not purport to be a museum guide. In the Royal Cabinet of Curiosities at the Mauritshuis is the sword of De Ruyter; the bullet-riddled cuirass of Tromp (so often wrongly styled van Tromp); a
- ↑ To the many who think of Paul Potter merely as a painter of animal life it will come as a surprise to learn that the Hermitage, in St. Petersburg, possesses eight magnificent landscapes from his brush.
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