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Tjalk

The old dutch bargs as this one were beautiful ships. Fortunately a lot of them are still around and are lovingly restored by their owners. This type of small tjalk was used for freight. Size: 14 x 9...

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Botters

Botters were used for fishing on the Zuiderzee, which is now called IJsselmeer after the building of the afsluitdijk. These Botters are used for recreation now and there are still a lot of them. Here...

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Oosterdok with Barges

The Oosterdok is one of the old Amsterdam harbours. There is a row barges that are now mostly used as houseboats.  In the distance the Nautical Museum and the Oosterkerk. Size:  18 x 12 cm Price:  €...

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Rotterdam – Oude Haven

The “Old Harbour” in Rotterdam with vintage ships and “Het Witte Huis” (White House) that used to be the first ‘skyscraper’ in Europe. The builing was miracously saved after the bombimg of Rotterdam in...

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Oosterdok 3

Again one of the Oosterdok, with the nautical museum in the background. The ship in the foreground is a sturdy work-boat. Size: 12 x 9 cm Price: €55,00 (without frame)

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Birds

The snow made the dark shapes between the tiles of the roof look like upward flying birds. (This made me think of Escher)

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Hedges

A sneaky look into the garden of a house in Zutphen.

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Fog

Possibly the last of the snow photos: the Zaadmarket (“Seed Market”) in Zutphen on a cold and foggy day.

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Farmhouse near Groningen

I saw this farm on the east side of the town of Groningen, near the village of Noordam. I made it for a collector of my work and the Dutch poet T. van Deel made a poem to go with this etching:...

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De Pelikaan

De Pelikaan (‘The Pelican’) is a famous coffee and tea shop in Zutphen. One can have a nice English Tea there too. This etching was commisioned by the people af the shop because of its 175th...

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Zutphen from the South

A view of my home town from one of the breakwaters in the IJssel on the south side of the town.  Zutphen is sometimes called “town of the towers. Size: 23,5 x 7 cm Price: € 70,00 (without frame)

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Zutphen Corner

A few houses in the centre of Zutphen and a steel blue sky. The sun was out again!

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Arnhem Corner

A forgotten place next to the railway station in Arnhem. The graffitti is nice.

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Stairs

This is also next to the Arnhem train station. Marius of course wanted to get down the stairs on his own.

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Into the Sun

A view towards the old Broederenkerk and the Stedelijk Museum in Zutphen. In the Broederenkerk is the public library: one of the finest in the Netherlands.

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Into the Sun II

The “Groote Gracht” on a cold and very still morning.

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Into the Sun III

This one was at Deventer at the end of a late winter’s day.

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Big World

Marius entering a parking lot in the centre of Zutphen.

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Tree

A photo I made in Museum ‘De Fundatie’ in Zwolle. The windows were partly misted over.

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Screen

This was also in Museum ‘De Fundatie’: a number of images by the various surveillance cameras.

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