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| Rembrandt van Ryn (1606 – 1669) was a Dutch painter and etcher. He is considered one of the greatest artists in European art history and the most important in Dutch history. |
| The House of Rembrandt Museum is in the Jodenbreestraat in Amsterdam. His house is now a museum. Rembrandt bought the house in 1639 and lived there until he went bankrupt in 1656. |
| Dutch Golden Age painting is a period of painting in Dutch history. The Golden Age is a period in the 17th century in which Dutch trade, science, and art was among the most famed in the world. |
| The text of the great Dutch song "Tulpen uit Amsterdam", "Tulips from Amsterdam". |
| The Dutch Golden Age was a period in Dutch history during the 17th century, in which business, science, and arts in Holland were among the most acclaimed in the world. |
| The "Schreierstoren" ("Weeper's Tower" or "Tower of Tears") was built in the 15th century as a defensive tower in the Amsterdam city wall. The wall is gone, the tower still stands. |
| Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (better known as Erasmus was born on October 27, 1466 or 1469 in the city of Rotterdam. He was a Dutch Renaissance humanist and Catholic Christian theologian. |
| At the crossing of the water Y and the Amstel River a dam was built. From this "Dam on the Amstel", "Amstel Dam", the city derives her name "Amsterdam". |
| The "Beguine Court" was founded during the Middle Ages. A nice tranquil place inside Amsterdam. It is at medieval street level, a metre below the rest of the old city centre. |
| A credit crisis is of all ages. Like the one of 1763, in that year about 30 Amsterdam banks and trading firms filed for bankruptcy. Read more about an antique Dutch etching depicting the Amsterdam crisis of 1763. |
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