A day in april 1981 at the National Museum Holland

 In april 1981 I took a photo of this group of people at the "Rijksmuseum" (National Museum) in Amsterdanm. The painting in the background is "The Samplers" by Rembrandt van Rijn, our most famous painter. Look how quiet the museum is! Looks like the covid year.

From my Shoebox #11

Visitors in front of “The Sampling Officials of the Drapers' Guild”, painted by Rembrandt van Rijn, 1662. Photo: April 1981, National Museum Amsterdam. It was quiet in the Museum those days. Now it is quiet too, for the time being I hope.

March 23.

It was very quiet in the Foam museum. But the atmosphere was great, almost serene.....And yes I liked the portrait exhibition 'van Loon' , and couldn't quite understand the function of the enlarged test strips in another show. Amsterdam, 1.37 pm.  

February 17.

Went to the Rothko exhibition today with a friend. Overcrowded. To many spectators for paintings which I hesitate to consider as masterpieces. Anyway I went to the Sol Lewitt stairway, and I saw this zebra shirted lady watching her email on the Iphone. Coincidence? Den Haag, Gemeentemusuem (The Hague, Municipal Museum) 1.44 pm.

January 11

Dying hours of the beautiful exhibition “Modern Times” at the National Museum. Amsterdam 4.17 pm.

January 5

At the Jewish Historical Museum: the collection of Howard Greenberg. Loved those monochrome photos exposed in such a classical way. Amsterdam, 1.42 pm.

January 2

The entrance hall of the National Museum. Overcrowded today. Amsterdam, 0.39 pm.