1 Day in Amsterdam....and the Next Day..
Yesterday I had to go to Amsterdam to visit a trainee who worked for the fashion Designer Mattijs van Bergen. My student Rick is very good in embroidery, so many of the pieces were embroided by him as this blue skirt with gold 3 dimensional stars. It is always funny to see glamour on stage and all garments hanging in his studio which is the opposite of glamour. It was cold in Amsterdam. But I decided to walk among "De Amstel" to visit: Museum "De Hermitage" . I passed the posh Amstel Hotel, Theatre Carre, and after that there was the Museum waiting to show me beautiful Flemish Paintings from the 17th Century which all came from The Hermitage in St. Petersbrug. 1 painting, made in 1619 by Anthonie van Dyck really touched me. Guess it is the way they look at you..She is very direct in the way looking at you, and he is kind of "into another world" with his mind... or perhaps staring..dreaming...The little girl is lively.. Nothing is known about this fa...