Statue Muzentoren Den Haag 02
Austrian architect Rob Krier (1938) created the sculpture called “Light and Darkness”. It is a sculpture of two men with their backs fused together. The sculpture is made of pure bronze, weighs 3 tons, is 2 metres wide, 3.5 metres long and 5.5 metres high. All Rob Krier’s work is characterized by Urbanism. This sculpture is found in front of the Muzentoren. Source
Droits de l’homme
Something like the Statue of Liberty, a bit smaller… and standing in the city of Pézenas. Somebody succesfully tried to put a ring on it (All the single ladies, all the single ladies … Now put your hands up)
Rembrandt Statue
Statue of our most famous painter: Rembrandt van Rijn. Can I be absolutely honest with you?
I think that Rembrandt deserves a better statue than this one… I know there are more statues. This one, placed on his very own Rembrandt Square in Amsterdam, was made by Louis Royer in 1852. Some people may describe it as ‘casual’, but I think the statue doesn’t do this great man justice. I guess he could have done a better job himself, but of course he was a painter, not a sculptor. The statue is too smooth, not lively enough – in my humble opinion. But hey, who am I to say so? Anyway… I prefer Rembrandt’s paintings – amongst them some fantastic self portraits.
Spain Monument Amsterdam 01
Spain Monument by Eddy Roos. More information in Dutch here.
Laurens Janszoon Koster
Only in Haarlem we believe that this guy invented book printing. I guess we might be wrong, but nobody argues about the fact that Laurens Janszoon Koster was an important and early printer and he will always be a local hero to us.
Malle Babbe Haarlem
Bronze statue (Barteljorisstraat Haarlem) made by Kees Verkade showing Malle Babbe – a historical personality in Haarlem, once painted by Frans Hals. More information here.
Capturing My World / Paul Abspoel 
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