
The regentesses Clara Abba, Elisabeth van Duynen, and Agatha Munter administered Amsterdam’s leper house, a charitable institution. Dutch painter Ferdinand Bol...

The regentesses Clara Abba, Elisabeth van Duynen, and Agatha Munter administered Amsterdam’s leper house, a charitable institution. Dutch painter Ferdinand Bol...

Although there are no records telling us who this young woman is, we can learn quite a lot about her from her clothes and jewellery. We are looking, then, at a young,...

In 1662 the fabulously wealthy Trip family moved into the stateliest private residence in all of Amsterdam. Hanging above a mantelpiece in one of the private rooms was...