The Standard Galleries - Holland. Singleton Esther

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       Esther Singleton

      The Standard Galleries - Holland

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664594853

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       HOLLAND

       THE STANDARD GALLERIES

       HOLLAND

       BY

       ESTHER SINGLETON

       CHICAGO A. C. MCCLURG & CO. 1908

       Preface

       Galleries Included

       Illustrations

       The Hague Gallery

       The Rijks Museum

       The Stedelijk Museum, the Town Hall , Haarlem and the Boijmans Museum

       The Standard Galleries of Holland

       THE HAGUE GALLERY

       THE OLD MAURITSHUIS

       THE RIJKS MUSEUM

       THE WAY TO THE RIJKS

       THE STEDELIJK MUSEUM

       THE TOWN HALL , HAARLEM

       FROM AMSTERDAM TO HAARLEM

       THE BOIJMANS MUSEUM, ROTTERDAM

       THE MUSEUM'S ORIGIN AND GROWTH

       THE END

       INDEX

HOLLAND

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JAN VERMEER View of Delft

THE STANDARD GALLERIES

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HOLLAND

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BY

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ESTHER SINGLETON

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      Author of "Dutch and Flemish Furniture, " "Great Pictures

       Described by Great Writers, " etc., etc.

      WITH FORTY-SIX ILLUSTRATIONS

CHICAGO

       A. C. MCCLURG & CO.

       1908

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      Copyright

       A. C. McClurg & Co.

       1908

      Entered at Stationers' Hall, London, England

      All rights reserved

      Published October 10, 1908

      THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.

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      When a tourist who, having mapped out his itinerary in accordance with the time at his disposal for a European trip, arrives at a city for seeing which he has allowed two or three days at the utmost, the first question he puts to a fellow traveller, the hotel clerk, or his Baedeker is, "What must I see?"

      First, there is the city itself: its streets, bridges, canals, parks, and drives. Then there are famous churches, city halls, and other ancient buildings, including city gates and castles in the immediate neighborhood. Perhaps there is a palace, and most certainly one or more museums of art and antiquities. The tourist gazes his fill on architecture, stone and wood carving, exterior and interior; but above all he feels that he must make the best use of his opportunities of seeing the pictures, the fame of which has spread into all civilized countries. His time is short. He is therefore grateful for a guide that will direct him to the beauties and celebrities of the famous local picture-gallery, and point out to him the qualities of the paintings as well as tell him something of the art of the masters and of the school to which they belong. It is important first for him to know what he should see, and secondly what he should see in it beyond the bare facts he can gather from the catalogue.

      On returning home with a few photographs of the canvases that have struck his fancy, he is also pleased to renew his acquaintance with the gallery in the pages of a modest work that does not go too deeply into art questions beyond the grasp of the ordinary layman. Such a guide and companion this book