Founded as a fishing village first around the thirteenth century, Amsterdam the capital city of Netherlands developed during the fifteenth century. Amsterdam underwent rapid development then, which laid the foundation for the Golden Age. Only very few medieval buildings survive today in a city which is a traveler's delight with its canals, bridges, boats, museums, …
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Born on July 15, 1606 in Leiden, Netherlands, Dutch artist Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, popularly known as Rembrandt was one of the most important artists of the great age of Dutch painting. This Baroque painter, print maker and one of the greatest storytellers in the history of art had an exceptional ability to render people in …
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Vincent Willem van Gogh was a Dutch painter who posthumously became one of the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western Art. During his lifetime (30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) he could not achieve commercial success which led to his mental illness and depression. At a very young age of 37 years he …
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The Anne Frank House is a writer's house and biographical museum dedicated to Jewish wartime diarist Anne Frank. The building is located on Prinsengracht canal close to Westermarkt in central Amsterdam. During World War II, Anne Frank hid from Nazi persecution with her family and four other people in hidden rooms known as the 'Secret Annex' at the rear of this 17th-century canal house. She did …
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