St. John's Church (Gouda)

Lively moments of action on Piet Zwarts' stamps

Written in: Dutch • redactie • March 10 2024

Graphic designer Piet Zwart (1885 – 1977) designed five stamps in 1929/30 featuring images with economic and cultural subjects. In doing so, he made use of photographs (partly taken by himself). Following a fixed pattern, he...

Glorious Gouda stained-glass window depicts the Relief of Leiden

Written in: Dutch • redactie • November 7 2021

St. John's Church in Gouda is the largest Gothic cruciform church (123 m long) in the Netherlands, featuring 72 stained-glass windows. Catholic-minded secular and spiritual rulers, including King Philip II, financed the windows with biblical subjects. After the...

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