Dein Suchergebnis zum Thema: Handel

Dordrecht, situated at the confluence of the Maas and the Merwede rivers, serves as a backdrop to this historical scene on the water. In July 1646, a large Dutch transport fleet carrying thirty thousand soldiers and their equipment gathered at Dordrecht in a show of force by the rebel northern provinces—fighting for independence from the Spanish crown—at the onset of the negotiations that would eventually result in the Peace of Münster in 1648.
„Tentoonstelling oude kunst uit het bezit van den intemationalen handel.“

1936 Tentoonstelling van Oude Kunst uit het bezit van den Internationalen Handel

Salomon van Ruysdael’s masterful River Landscape with Ferry has a visual force that reflects the sense of pride the Dutch felt at the time of the signing of the Treaty of Münster in 1648, which gave full autonomy to the Dutch Republic. After war of independence from Spanish rule that lasted eighty years, the Dutch set out to explore the myriad visual delights of the prosperous country that they could finally claim as their own.
Tentoonstelling van Oude Kunst uit het bezit van den Internationalen Handel, Rijksmuseum