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Jodenbreestraat is a street in Amsterdam's former Jewish quarter. It is best known as the street where Rembrandt lived and worked. |
Hi, thanks for visiting my page. I am a Web designer/programmer in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and former journalist in Washington, D.C. I have also lived in Bergen, Norway. My interests include history, art, architecture and biology. I'm an administrator of the Dutch Wikipedia.
[edit] Biographical articles
- Gerrit van Arkel, Dutch architect who designed many of Amsterdam's most prominent Jugendstil buildings.
- Govert Bidloo, Dutch physician, anatomist, poet and playwright, author of the anatomical atlas Anatomia Humani Corporis
- Cornelis Corneliszoon, inventor of the sawmill
- Julia Culp, Dutch mezzo-soprano
- Cornelis van Haarlem, a Dutch painter and draughtsman, who was one of the leading Mannerist artists in The Netherlands, and an important forerunner of Frans Hals.
- Hashim Music a.k.a. Jerry Calliste Jr., New York-based producer of the electro classic Al-Naafiysh (The Soul).
- Pieter and François Hemony, Franco-Dutch carillon bell founders who developed the carillon into a full-fledged musical instrument.
- Cornelis Jol, a Dutch privateer and admiral in the Dutch West India Company during the Eighty Year's War between Spain and the Dutch Republic.
- Gerard de Lairesse, Dutch Golden Age painter, draughtsman and art theorist.
- Sal Meijer, a Dutch painter of cats and Amsterdam city views
- Cornelis Nay, Dutch navigator and explorer who attempted to discover the Northeast Passage from Europe to the Far East.
- Reinier Nooms, a Dutch maritime painter known for his highly detailed paintings, etchings and engravings of ships.
- Samuel Pallache, a Jewish-Moroccan merchant, diplomate and pirate who served as Morocco's envoy to the Dutch Republic
- Hendrick van Uylenburgh, an influential Dutch art dealer who helped kick-start the career of Rembrandt, Govert Flinck and other painters.
- Philip Van Zandt, an Amsterdam-born Hollywood and Broadway actor in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.
- Cornélie van Zanten, a Dutch opera singer, singing teacher and author.
[edit] Other articles
- Astoria (Amsterdam), a Jugendstil office building in Amsterdam which served as the international headquarters of Greenpeace
- Battle of Castricum, a 1799 battle in the Netherlands during the War of the Second Coalition against revolutionary France.
- Edraianthus, a genus of bellflower plants native to the mountains of the Balkan.
- Jodenbreestraat, a street in Amsterdam where Rembrandt lived and worked.
- KattenKabinet, an art museum in Amsterdam devoted to cats
- Muntplein (Amsterdam), a square in Amsterdam, actually the city's broadest bridge
- Munttoren, a tower in Amsterdam which was originally one of the main gates in Amsterdam's medieval city wall.
- Noorderkerk (Amsterdam), a 17th Century church in Amsterdam.
- Noordermarkt, a square in the Jordaan neighborhood of Amsterdam.
- Noordhollandsch Kanaal, a canal stretching the length of the Dutch province of North-Holland.
- Singel (Amsterdam), a canal in Amsterdam which encircled the city in the Middle Ages.
- Sint Antoniebreestraat, a street in Amsterdam where Rembrandt lived and worked.
- Unio, a genus of freshwater mussels
- Waterlooplein, a well-known square in Amsterdam.
- West-Indisch Huis (Amsterdam), the former headquarters of the Dutch West India Company
- Zaan, a river and district in the Dutch province of North-Holland.
- Zaans, a West Frisian dialect of Dutch spoken in the Zaan district in the Dutch province of North-Holland.
- Zuiderkerk (Amsterdam), a 17th Century church in Amsterdam which played an important part in the life of Rembrandt and was the subject of a painting by Claude Monet.
- Zwanenburgwal, a canal and street in Amsterdam