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loves: you win if you guessed "pets" and "museums". Also books, art history, travel, British punk, Korean kimchi, bindis, martinis, and other things TBD. I will always make it very clear if a post is sponsored in any way. Drop me a line at thepetmuseum AT gmail.com !

Thursday, June 21, 2018

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www.rijksmuseum.nl
http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.7386
Coenraad van Heemskerck is portrayed here in all his stateliness, thanks to Dutch painter Mattheus Verheyden.  Van Heemskerck was a diplomat and politician, Count of the Holy Roman Empire, and Lord of Achttienhoven and Den Bosch.  Last but not least, he had this very happy dog:



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