The Hague

 The Hague is the Royal and administrative capital of the Netherlands. It is also the home of the International Court of Justice (The World Court). Recently, the World Court issued a warrant for Vladimir Putin for war crimes.

We visited the Mauritshuis Museum, home to the best Dutch paintings from the age of Rembrandt and Vermeer. It's time for a little culture.

The Mauritius Museum.

The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp by Rembrandt.

Oops, I can't remember the artist.

The Garden of Eden and the Fall of Man by Jan Brueghel the Elder and Peter Paul Rubens

This is a painting of a large gallery which contains reproductions of all the great works of the age. The artist is in the forground painting a portrait of the wife of the painting's commissioner. His wife was reputed to be the most beautiful woman in the world, so of course the painter fell in love with her. The noble was not upset at all. He agreed that the painter could keep his wife only if he could keep the painting. The beauty of the painting would certainly last longer than the beauty of the woma. She is fact was dead within two years.

"The way you hear it is the way you see it" by Jan Steen.

The Golfinch by Johannes Vermeer. This painting was meant to fool the viewer into believing that there was a real goldfinch on the wall

View of Delft by Johannes Vermeer

The Girl With the Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer. This painting is referred to as "The Mona Lisa of the North. Whereever you go in the room, she really does appear to be staring straight at you.