The Netherlands in the Golden Age was almost unrecognisable compared with today, and yet, in some ways, it was not. Refugees sought a safe haven there, migrants did the heavy work and youngsters created a youth culture. Consumers wanted the latest fashions, investors bought shares and large shareholders made risky speculations. The story of the seventeenth century is and remains a miracle. A hotchpotch of provinces revolted against the Spanish king and then, in a series of ups and downs, buil...

Interdisciplinair onderzoek naar de Victory Boogie Woogie, met nieuwe inzichten in het ontstaan van dit kunstwerk.

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Het laatste, onvoltooide werk van Piet Mondriaan (1872-194), de Victory Boogie Woogie is in 1998 aangekocht door de Nederlandse overheid en in permanent bruikleen gegeven aan het Gemeentemuseum Den Haag. Dit werk wordt gezien als één van de hoogtepunten van de abstracte, 20e-eeuwse schilderk...

Trapped in the far east by the over-run of the Netherlands and by the occupancy of the Netherlands East Indies, Tromp`s destiny lay in the Indian Ocean ans Pacific onslaughts. The ship became one of the highest decorated Dutch warships of World War 2. Often refered as to as 'The Ghostship, the crew prefered to call her The Lucky ship. Because besides the British Ark royal, there was no other ship more often claimed as to be sunk.