1         Home

  • Rijksmuseum landscapes tour, photo: Rob Gijbels
  • Rijksmuseum facade seen from Museumplein, photo: Rob Gijbels
  • ‘De Vermaarde Koopstadt’, historical map of the city of Amsterdam by Cornelis Anthonisz, 1544, detail (woodcut) www.cultuurwijzer.nl public domain

1.1     About CultuRAbile

  • Explanation on square, photo Rob Gijbels
  • Portrait Arjan Vader, photo Rob Gijbels
  • logoOU.jpg: Logo Open Universiteit The Netherlands, www.ou.nl
  • The Martyrdom of Saint Lucy, Master of the Figdor Deposition, c. 1505 – c. 1510, Rijksmuseum image collection
  • Madonna of Humility, Fra Angelico, c. 1440, Rijksmuseum image collection
  • The Virgin and Child with four Holy Virgins, Master of the Virgo inter Virgines, c. 1495 – c. 1500, Rijksmuseum image collection

1.2     Tours

Rijksmuseum – Guided tour ‘Take a good look’

  • Landscape with Two Oaks, Jan van Goyen, 1641, Rijksmuseum image collection
  • River Landscape with Riders, Aelbert Cuyp, 1653 – 1657, Rijksmuseum image collection
  • Portrait of Gerard Andriesz Bicker, Bartholomeus van der Helst, c. 1642, Rijksmuseum image collection
  • Portrait of a couple, probably Isaac Abrahamsz Massa and Beatrix van der Laen, Frans Hals, c. 1622, Rijksmuseum image collection
  • Still Life with Asparagus, Adriaen Coorte 1697, Rijksmuseum image collection
  • Still Life with Cheese, Floris Claesz. van Dijck, c. 1615, Rijksmuseum image collection
  • Rijksmuseum logo, website museum

Rijksmuseum – Middle Ages

  • The Virgin and Child with four Holy Virgins, Master of the Virgo inter Virgines, c. 1495 – c. 1500, Rijksmuseum image collection
  • Memorial Tablet, Master of the Spes Nostra, c. 1500, Rijksmuseum image collection
  • The Holy Kinship, Geertgen tot Sint Jans (workshop of), c. 1495, Rijksmuseum image collection
  • The Martyrdom of Saint Lucy, Master of the Figdor Deposition, c. 1505 – c. 1510, Rijksmuseum image collection
  • Rijksmuseum logo, website museum

Amsterdam Museum,

Willet-Holthuysen Museum

  • Gentlemen’s Parlour Willet-Holthuysen men’s salon, Amsterdam Museum image collection
  • Gentlemen’s Parlour, Willet-Holthuysen, table with shirt collars, Amsterdam Museum image collection
  • Lady’s Parlour Willet-Holthuysen, Amsterdam Museum image collection
  • Dining Room Willet-Holthuysen, Amsterdam Museum image collection
  • Great Hall Willet-Holthuysen, Amsterdam Museum image collection
  • Kitchen Willet-Holthuysen, Amsterdam Museum image collection
  • Garden Willet-Holthuysen, Amsterdam Museum image collection
  • Willet Holthuysen logo, website Willet-Holthuysen, website museum

Our Lord in the Attic

  • Statue of Saint Nicolas: Our Lord in the Attic, photo Fred Ernst, Amsterdam Musuem image collection
  • Confession Room Our Lord in the Attic, photo Fred Ernst, Amsterdam Museum image collection
  • Detail altar Our Lord in the Attic, photo Fred Ernst, Amsterdam Museum image collection
  • House-church Our Lord in the Attic, photo Fred Ernst, Amsterdam Museum image collection
  • Sael, Our Lord in the Attic, photo Arjan Bronkhorst, website museum
  • Logo Our Lord in the Attic, website museum

1.3     City walks

Annexations in Amsterdam-Oost 1896 and 1921

  • Nieuwe Amstelbrug 2013, photo from wikipedia.nl
  • Former Council House Nieuwer-Amstel (now Amstelveen), now part of Hotel Pestana, photo Arjan Vader 2018
  • Streetplate Grensstraat, detail of a photo by Arjan Vader 2018
  • Coloured print Rechthuis Watergraafsmeer, H. Kleun, 1777-1787, beeldbank Stadsarchief Amsterdam, http://archief.amsterdam/archief/10097/010097010734
  • Rechthuis Watergraafsmeer 2016 photo from wikimapia

19th century architecture along the 17th century canals

  • Route 19th century along the 17th century canals, Arjan Vader © 2019 using Google Maps
  • Amstel Hotel, riverside facade, photo: Arjan Vader
  • Theatre Carré, facade, photo: Rob Gijbels
  • Keizersgracht-church Amsterdam, photo: Arjan Vader
  • Leidsestraat corner Keizersgracht, residential/retail building, photo: Arjan Vader
  • Leidsestraat corner Keizersgracht, former Metz & Co, photo: Rob Gijbels
  • Reguliersgracht House 57-59, photo: Arjan Vader
  • Walen church Keizersgracht, photo: Rob Gijbels

Classicism in central Amsterdam

De Haarlemmerbuurt

Cruquiuseiland

  • Route Cruquius Island, Arjan Vader © 2019, using Google Maps
  • Flevoparkbad, swimmingpool entrance, photo: Rob Gijbels
  • Flevopark Amsterdam entrance, photo: Rob Gijbels
  • Building on a former cattle market and slaughter-house site, Cruquius Island Amsterdam, photo: Rob Gijbels
  • Detail buildings Oil Factories Insulinde, tile tableau, Cruquius Island Amsterdam, photo: Rob Gijbels
  • Zeeburg pumping-station Amsterdam, photo: Rob Gijbels
  • Boulevard Café, Cruquius Island Amsterdam, photo: Rob Gijbels

Dapperbuurt en Oosterparkbuurt

  • Route Dapperbuurt and Oosterparkbuurt, Arjan Vader © 2019 using Google Maps
  • Houses opposite Tropenmuseum Linnaeusstraat, photo: Rob Gijbels
  • Muiderpoort railway station, photo: Rob Gijbels
  • Domselaerstraat, terraced houses in various brick colors, photo: Rob Gijbels
  • 3e Oosterparkstraat, eastbound, photo: Rob Gijbels
  • Oosterpark façades, photo: Rob Gijbels
  • Populierenweg, 1950s flats, photo: Rob Gijbels

Indische buurt

  • Route Indische neighborhood Arjan Vader © 2019, using Google Maps
  • Lombokstraat, residential houses, photo: Rob Gijbels
  • Berlageblokken, Javaplein / Langkatstraat, photo: Rob Gijbels
  • Javaplein / Javastraat view Java street, photo: Rob Gijbels
  • Façades Javastraat details lifting beams, photo: Rob Gijbels
  • Gerardus Majellakerk, photo: Rob Gijbels

Watergraafsmeer

  • Route Watergraafsmeer Arjan Vader © 2019, using Google Maps
  • Nieuwe Ooster Cemetery Entrance Amsterdam, photo: Rob Gijbels
  • Oostpoort, Oranjevrijstaatkade Amsterdam, photo: Rob Gijbels
  • Former Gooische Tram Maatschappij office, Middenweg Amsterdam, detail facade, photo Rob Gijbels
  • Café Elsa’s, Middenweg Amsterdam, photo: Rob Gijbels
  • Plantsoen Radioweg, Watergraafsmeer, Amsterdam, photo: Rob Gijbels
  • Linnaeusparkweg, Watergraafsmeer, Amsterdam, photo: Rob Gijbels

Keizersgracht and Leidseplein, traces of freemasonry?

  • Eerste Hollandsche Levensverzekeringsbank (First Holland Life Insurance Company), Astoria Building, Keizersgracht 174-176, photo Rob Gijbels
  • Building Felix Meritis Association, Keizersgracht 324, photo Rob Gijbels
  • Portico of Herenlogement (Gentlemen’s Hostel), originally on Grimburgwal, now Keizersgracht 365-367, photo Rob Gijbels
  • Corner clocktower on building New York Life Insurance Company, corner Keizersgracht/Leidsestraat, now Abercrombie & Fitch, photo Rob Gijbels
  • Detail of a skylight with a five pointed star, somewhere on Keizersgracht, photo Rob Gijbels

Oostelijke Eilanden, maritime history 

  • Entrepotdoksluis Hoogte Kadijk, photo A. Nieuwenhuis (?) by order of Amsterdam municipality, via www.amsterdam.nl
  • Ropeway façades, between 1910 and 1935, photo C. Steenbergh, Dutch Governement Agency for Cultural Heritage
  • De Gooyer windmill, wikimedia.nl
  • Oosterkerk, wikipedia.nl

1.4     Temporary Exhibitions

 

Amsterdam Museum, The Golden Coach

Caravaggio-Bernini

  • Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Medusa, Rome 1638-1640, Rome Musei Capitolini, Palazzo dei Conservatori.
  • Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Narcissus, ca. 1600, Rome Gallerie Nazionali dÁrte Antica, Palazzo Barberini.
  • (attributed to) Domenico Zampieri, named Domenichino, Giovanni Battista Aggucchi (1570-1632), Rome, ca. 1604 of ca. 1615, York, York Art Gallery.
  • Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Thomas Baker (1606-1657/58), Rome 1637/38, Londen Victoria and Albert Museum.

1.5     Lectures

  • Arjan during lecture, photo: Rob Gijbels
  • Virgin and Child between two Angels, Fra Angelico, c. 1420, image collection Boijmans van Beuningen Rotterdam, madonna fra angelico at boijmans
  • Masaccio, San Giovenale altarpiece, 1422, Cascia di Regello, Pieve di S. Pietro
  • Museum Willet-Holthuysen, facade, image collection Amsterdam Museum
  • Notification of the opening of the museum in 1896, Amsterdam Museum image collection
  • Admiraal de Ruyterlaan Oegstgeest, photo: Rob Gijbels
  • Trompstraat The Hague, photo: Arjan Vader
  • Portrait of Otto Lanz by Jan Toorop 1927, wikipedia
  • Priest G.W. van Heukelum reading in front of a bookcase, www.aartsbisschoppelijkmuseum.nl/home/geschiedenis/
  • Bartholomeus Breenberg, View of a Mediterranean Harbour, 1650, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza Madrid, Photo: www.schilderijen.nu
  • Aelbert Cuyp, Evening Landscape with Horsemen and Shepherds, 1655, Royal Collection, London, photo: www.schilderijen.nu
  • Muiderpoort railway station, photo: Rob Gijbels
  • Homes in former Municipal Warehouse Docks Zeeburgerkade, photo: Rob Gijbels

Image collection Amsterdam Museum accessible via www.amsterdammuseum.nl

Rijksmuseum image collection accessible via www.rijksmuseum.nl

Image bank Amsterdam City Archives accessible via www.beeldbank.amsterdam.nl