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Bread on the 17th century table
I love going back to my books on 17th C paintings time and time again: just looking at pictures provides such inspiration. I have a few books on paintings of food: while they show beautiful paintings they also provide great insight into the…

The Dutch Tulip: heritage cultivars
The Dutch Tulip: heritage cultivars
From my garden:
Zilver Standaard
Dutch tulip, 1760
One of the latest Dutch heritage tulips to surface in my garden is also one of my favourites: the Zilver Standaard, a Dutch tulip which…

Skating in Holland
Winter Landscape with Ice Skaters (circa 1608)
Hendrick Avercamp
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Doe je schaatsen aan!
(Put your skates on!)
Skating in Holland - Hendrick Avercamp was one of many to paint the Dutch winter and…