Maaike Dirkx (ex-X-Rembrandtsroom)
@maaiked.bsky.social
Art historian | linguist | poetry | opera | art mysteries | auction news junky | Amsterdam | Rembrandt | lazy blogger | Mickey 🐶
En ze zijn ook nog eens zo lelijk, die #Hanslersjes. #sbs6
November 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
En ze zijn ook nog eens zo lelijk, die #Hanslersjes. #sbs6
Fun fact.
It's the Feast Day of Saint Cecilia, whose association with music is actually due to an incorrect transcription of a medieval text.
Here Mrs Metsu poses as the saint in a Dutch 17th century interior, with a cute lapdoggie.
It's the Feast Day of Saint Cecilia, whose association with music is actually due to an incorrect transcription of a medieval text.
Here Mrs Metsu poses as the saint in a Dutch 17th century interior, with a cute lapdoggie.
November 22, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Fun fact.
It's the Feast Day of Saint Cecilia, whose association with music is actually due to an incorrect transcription of a medieval text.
Here Mrs Metsu poses as the saint in a Dutch 17th century interior, with a cute lapdoggie.
It's the Feast Day of Saint Cecilia, whose association with music is actually due to an incorrect transcription of a medieval text.
Here Mrs Metsu poses as the saint in a Dutch 17th century interior, with a cute lapdoggie.
Even Apeldoorn bellen.
November 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Even Apeldoorn bellen.
On a day like today, JFK was murdered in Dallas.
November 22, 2025 at 10:20 AM
On a day like today, JFK was murdered in Dallas.
From my Facebook "Memories": today five years ago.
Me and My Rembrandt. 😀
Me and My Rembrandt. 😀
November 21, 2025 at 11:20 AM
From my Facebook "Memories": today five years ago.
Me and My Rembrandt. 😀
Me and My Rembrandt. 😀
Wat leuk! Een heuse 18e eeuwse dactyliotheek te koop bij Sotheby's. Iets minder leuk: er mist een lade en er is geen beschrijvend boekje bij. In deze zitten gipsen afdrukken van cameeën.
November 21, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Wat leuk! Een heuse 18e eeuwse dactyliotheek te koop bij Sotheby's. Iets minder leuk: er mist een lade en er is geen beschrijvend boekje bij. In deze zitten gipsen afdrukken van cameeën.
Sound the trumpet! 🎺
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9W9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9W9...
November 20, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Sound the trumpet! 🎺
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9W9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9W9...
Remember, remember, it's still Movember.
November 20, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Remember, remember, it's still Movember.
The intricate eyes of "The Seated Scribe," created between 2600–2350 BC, show the exceptional craftsmanship of ancient Egypt. Made from white magnesite with natural red veins and fitted with polished rock crystal pupils, they achieve a strikingly lifelike, almost alert gaze.
November 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The intricate eyes of "The Seated Scribe," created between 2600–2350 BC, show the exceptional craftsmanship of ancient Egypt. Made from white magnesite with natural red veins and fitted with polished rock crystal pupils, they achieve a strikingly lifelike, almost alert gaze.
206 million hammer. Obscene.
November 19, 2025 at 7:36 AM
206 million hammer. Obscene.
Roman gilded head depicting Apollo, 2nd century AD, discovered in Serdica (Sofia, Bulgaria).
The hollow eyes usually indicate that the sculpture originally had eye inserts, probably made of ivory, bone, or glass, a common technique for ancient bronze statues.
Pic George Lace
The hollow eyes usually indicate that the sculpture originally had eye inserts, probably made of ivory, bone, or glass, a common technique for ancient bronze statues.
Pic George Lace
November 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Roman gilded head depicting Apollo, 2nd century AD, discovered in Serdica (Sofia, Bulgaria).
The hollow eyes usually indicate that the sculpture originally had eye inserts, probably made of ivory, bone, or glass, a common technique for ancient bronze statues.
Pic George Lace
The hollow eyes usually indicate that the sculpture originally had eye inserts, probably made of ivory, bone, or glass, a common technique for ancient bronze statues.
Pic George Lace
Mooie aanwinst voor het Rijksmuseum: een verguld zilveren boekbandje uit de 2e helft 17e eeuw met inhoud. Een gekroond spiegelmonogram omgeven door lelies, tulpen, anjers en narcissen versiert dit huwelijksbijbeltje. Er zijn slechts 2 zilveren boekbanden uit die tijd in Nederland bekend.
November 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Mooie aanwinst voor het Rijksmuseum: een verguld zilveren boekbandje uit de 2e helft 17e eeuw met inhoud. Een gekroond spiegelmonogram omgeven door lelies, tulpen, anjers en narcissen versiert dit huwelijksbijbeltje. Er zijn slechts 2 zilveren boekbanden uit die tijd in Nederland bekend.
Fokkens, slechts 1 druk, is ook de enige stadshistoricus annex toeristische gids die Rembrandt's Claudius Civilis daadwerkelijk in het Paleis op de Dam heeft zien hangen en die daarover schrijft.
Deze geschiedenis maakte mij duidelijk dat in zeventiende-eeuws Protestants Holland het landschap niet gezien werd als de statische schepping van een almachtige God. In een stadsgids uit de jaren 1660 schreef Melchior Fokkens erover: “Deze diepste grondt geeft een verwonderinge ... 1/3
Of het nu om water, aardlagen of energievoorziening gaat, ik ben gefascineerd door de botsing tussen ideeën en de materiële wereld. Zoals bijvoorbeeld in de nasleep van een putboring in 1605 in Amsterdam. 1/9
November 17, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Fokkens, slechts 1 druk, is ook de enige stadshistoricus annex toeristische gids die Rembrandt's Claudius Civilis daadwerkelijk in het Paleis op de Dam heeft zien hangen en die daarover schrijft.
Het wordt steeds vroeger donker ...
Zet een kaars voor je raam vannacht ... 🕯️
Gerard Dou, 1671.
Zet een kaars voor je raam vannacht ... 🕯️
Gerard Dou, 1671.
November 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Het wordt steeds vroeger donker ...
Zet een kaars voor je raam vannacht ... 🕯️
Gerard Dou, 1671.
Zet een kaars voor je raam vannacht ... 🕯️
Gerard Dou, 1671.
Reposted by Maaike Dirkx (ex-X-Rembrandtsroom)
This arrived yesterday morning, and was read last night. Not a subject about which I know much at all but even more interesting (for me) was how it thinks about writing, and the writing of history. Lots to think on and with here, as you can see from my page markers. Thank you @maiakotro.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 11:36 AM
This arrived yesterday morning, and was read last night. Not a subject about which I know much at all but even more interesting (for me) was how it thinks about writing, and the writing of history. Lots to think on and with here, as you can see from my page markers. Thank you @maiakotro.bsky.social
schokkend nieuws over de collega informateur van Weijers. De
@nrc zal hierover ongetwijfeld over gaan schrijven.
@nrc zal hierover ongetwijfeld over gaan schrijven.
November 16, 2025 at 11:45 AM
schokkend nieuws over de collega informateur van Weijers. De
@nrc zal hierover ongetwijfeld over gaan schrijven.
@nrc zal hierover ongetwijfeld over gaan schrijven.
Baby Jesus' first bath. 🛁
This intimate domestic scene by Lorenzo Lotto is on loan to Milan from Siena - thankfully back in time for my trip to Siena in March next year. 😊
Love the way baby braces himself for the impact with the water.
This intimate domestic scene by Lorenzo Lotto is on loan to Milan from Siena - thankfully back in time for my trip to Siena in March next year. 😊
Love the way baby braces himself for the impact with the water.
November 16, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Baby Jesus' first bath. 🛁
This intimate domestic scene by Lorenzo Lotto is on loan to Milan from Siena - thankfully back in time for my trip to Siena in March next year. 😊
Love the way baby braces himself for the impact with the water.
This intimate domestic scene by Lorenzo Lotto is on loan to Milan from Siena - thankfully back in time for my trip to Siena in March next year. 😊
Love the way baby braces himself for the impact with the water.
Plot thickens.
Epstein email:
'is it a coincidence that the russian that bought the house in palm beach [from Trump] and knows all is the same guy that sold a painting last year for 450million that was only worth 1.5million? my art guy said the painting wasn’t very good' ... #EpsteinTrumpFiles
Epstein email:
'is it a coincidence that the russian that bought the house in palm beach [from Trump] and knows all is the same guy that sold a painting last year for 450million that was only worth 1.5million? my art guy said the painting wasn’t very good' ... #EpsteinTrumpFiles
November 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Plot thickens.
Epstein email:
'is it a coincidence that the russian that bought the house in palm beach [from Trump] and knows all is the same guy that sold a painting last year for 450million that was only worth 1.5million? my art guy said the painting wasn’t very good' ... #EpsteinTrumpFiles
Epstein email:
'is it a coincidence that the russian that bought the house in palm beach [from Trump] and knows all is the same guy that sold a painting last year for 450million that was only worth 1.5million? my art guy said the painting wasn’t very good' ... #EpsteinTrumpFiles
am not sure whether to regard it as an imperial wonder or as imperial kitsch.
www.christies.com/en/stories/a...
www.christies.com/en/stories/a...
www.christies.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:57 AM
am not sure whether to regard it as an imperial wonder or as imperial kitsch.
www.christies.com/en/stories/a...
www.christies.com/en/stories/a...
Dat is nou echt lekker vet schilderen. Je voelt 't plezier waarmee dit blad vorm en volume gegeven is.
Rachel Ruysch, 1710.
Rachel Ruysch, 1710.
November 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Dat is nou echt lekker vet schilderen. Je voelt 't plezier waarmee dit blad vorm en volume gegeven is.
Rachel Ruysch, 1710.
Rachel Ruysch, 1710.
Pieter Codde (Amsterdam, 1599–1678), Portrait of a Man with a Watch (ca 1630). Oil on panel - 63.3 cm x 50.8 cm. Gemäldegalerie Berlin.
November 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Pieter Codde (Amsterdam, 1599–1678), Portrait of a Man with a Watch (ca 1630). Oil on panel - 63.3 cm x 50.8 cm. Gemäldegalerie Berlin.
Romeo and Juliet are on Facebook! 💕
November 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Romeo and Juliet are on Facebook! 💕
In 1720 hadden ze ook al XR.
November 13, 2025 at 11:53 AM
In 1720 hadden ze ook al XR.
[Sound on]
The Imperial War Museum revealed a graphic sound document that features the moment of the Armistice at the River Moselle on the American Front.
It records the sound of guns falling silent at 11.01 am #onthisday, 11 November, 1918.
Nothing, then birdsong ....
The Imperial War Museum revealed a graphic sound document that features the moment of the Armistice at the River Moselle on the American Front.
It records the sound of guns falling silent at 11.01 am #onthisday, 11 November, 1918.
Nothing, then birdsong ....
November 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
[Sound on]
The Imperial War Museum revealed a graphic sound document that features the moment of the Armistice at the River Moselle on the American Front.
It records the sound of guns falling silent at 11.01 am #onthisday, 11 November, 1918.
Nothing, then birdsong ....
The Imperial War Museum revealed a graphic sound document that features the moment of the Armistice at the River Moselle on the American Front.
It records the sound of guns falling silent at 11.01 am #onthisday, 11 November, 1918.
Nothing, then birdsong ....
Deze verguld-zilveren kan was een geboortegeschenk voor Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen van zijn peetvader Stadhouder Maurits van Oranje Nassau. De Stadhouder's wapen is gegraveerd in de bodem van de kan.
Gemerkt Hieronymus Berckhaussen, circa 1610.
Gemerkt Hieronymus Berckhaussen, circa 1610.
November 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Deze verguld-zilveren kan was een geboortegeschenk voor Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen van zijn peetvader Stadhouder Maurits van Oranje Nassau. De Stadhouder's wapen is gegraveerd in de bodem van de kan.
Gemerkt Hieronymus Berckhaussen, circa 1610.
Gemerkt Hieronymus Berckhaussen, circa 1610.