Views of Haarlem: The City Depicted in the Seventeenth Century Condition:New it sits as the smoke-shrouded

it sits as the smoke-shrouded hub of mankind

Their lives will change forever

An educational book for children

Features more than 50 specially commissioned illustrations by renowned artists such as Al Hirschfeld

Enjoy a rich collection of folktales

Views of Haarlem: The City Depicted in the Seventeenth Century Condition:New it sits as the smoke-shroudedInspired by poets, draftsmen and printmakers, painters also discovered Haarlem and its beautiful surroundings as rewarding subjects for their work. Jacob van Ruisdael and Gerrit Berckheyde both repeatedly pictured the city the former with his Haerlempjes, where heavy cloudy skies dominate the landscape and the unmistakable St Bavos Church stands on the horizon. Berckheyde is known for his atmospheric cityscapes: the Grote Markt, with St Bavos as the