Kees Kaldenbach
High quality art tours in Dutch museums
and walks in historic city centers.
Live Digital Zoom Classes worldwide
Live Digital Art classes, Powerpoints via Zoom (Museums, Vermeer, Van Gogh to Rembrandt, many other artists)
In-depth articles on Vermeer
In-depth articles on Johannes Vermeer (click). 40 years of archival research.
Private Museum Tours
Private Art Tours in various Art Museums in Amsterdam and elsewhere in the Netherlands.
Architectural City Walks
Excellent Architectural walks in Dutch Historic city Centers and in modern city revitalization projects. While walking, we discuss society and history.
This Bartholomeus van der Helst (c. 1642) portrait of a young Gerard Andriesz Bicker is an all time favorite in the RIJKS (Rijksmuseum) in Amsterdam. There are very interesting details, I could share about three generations of Bickers, the first two hard working tycoons, and this one being the pampered one.
Want to learn more? Contact me for a (digital) tour! Book an in-person tour, or a private lecture on Zoom. Kees Kaldenbach - kalden@xs4all.nl
In this painting 'Officer and Laughing Girl' by Vermeer, it is as if he mounted the lens of a Camera Obscura box too close to the officer and presents him looming very large. By contrast the woman further away in the room seems relatively too small. The painting can be seen in the The Frick Collection in New York City.
Want to learn more? Contact me for a (digital) tour! Book an in-person tour, or a private lecture on Zoom. Kees Kaldenbach - kalden@xs4all.nl
CAPOLAVORO!!!
Caption: "Tell me again, Captain, who told you that you look good in that hat?"
Che meraviglia!