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58. Route. 459
Adjoining, but standing a little back from the street, is the —
Dordrecht Museum (Pl. 1; D, 3), containing the municipal
picture-gallery, including some excellent works by modern artists.
Open daily, 10-4; adm. 10c. Catalogue (1906), 145c. The entrance
is at Museum-Straat 24.
Grounp Froor. To the left in the Museum Ary Scheffer (catalogue, 1907,
15 c.), with drawings by that master and copies of his paintings. In the
centre is a marble sculpture by him, representing his mother on her
death-bed. To the right are varying exhibitions. On the stair-case, 43.
Ad. Willaerts, View of Dort in 1622.
‘Inst Froor. 222. A. Quellin, Bust of the Grand Pensionary Jan de Witt
f 4-4. Jan de Ba , Portraits of the brothers De Witt (p. 829; natives
of Dordrecht) and their parents. To the right is the continuation of the
Museum. Ary Scheffer, 39. Chopin, 32. Sir Joshua Reynolds,
st sketch for ‘The King of Thule’, 1. Scheffer’s mother, 111. Replica
of the painting of Monica and St. Augus tine. 209. Bust of Scheffer, by his
daughter. — Room I (opposite). Hidde Nyland loan-exhibiton, — Room Il.
To the right, 88. Joh. Bosboom, Synagogue; 77. Aug. Allebé, Interior; 147.
A. Mauve, Shee ep on the dunes; no number, H. W. Mesdag, ‘Sea-piece; 143.
Jac. Maris, A troublesome gu 4146. W. Maris, 1 Ant. Mancini,
Fruit; 154. Alb. Neuhuys, The first lesson; *411. J. Isr Midday meal in
a cottage; 203. Jan. Veth, Portrait; 91. @. H. Breitner, Evening on the Dam
at Amsterdam. — Room III. To the right, 108. De Haas, Cattle on the
danes at Terschelling; no number, Hart Nibbrig, View near Constantine;
no number, De Wildt, Still-lif 87. J. Bosboom, Church; 153 (above the
door), Mf. Mun. . Levite praying; 194. Sir L. Alma Tadema, Venantius
Fortunatus (d. ca. 609) reading his poer 8 to Radegonda, the former Queen
of the Franks, in a convent at Poitiers (1862); 450, 149. H. W. Mesdag,
Sea-pieces. — We pas3 through RR. 1V and V and enter Room VI. To the
left, 203. J. Weissenbruch, Court in the Stadhuis of Caulemborg; 96. A. Calame,
Mountain-stream. To the right, 75. A. Achenbach, Storm brewing on the
Dutch coast. — Room VII. Older paintings. Corn. Bisschop, 7. Managers
of the hospital at Dort (1671), 6. Portrait of an artist; 8. F. Bol, Portrait
of himself; 23. S. van Hoogstraten, Managers of the Dutch mint at Dort
(41657); 17. Benj. Cuyp, Tobias recovering from his sickness; 20. A. de Gelder,
Noteman, the sculptor (46! 0); 10. 14. Azo. Cuyp, Landscapes ; 42. Jan Victor,
Anna the prophetess (Luke Il, 46; painted in 1647); 33. Wic. Maes, Jacob
de Witt (1657); aie YP, 12. The Rietdyksche Poort, 16. Portrait, 13. Poultry,
15. poritatts 19. J. G. Cuyp. Portrait; 24. 8. van Hoogstraten, ‘Managers of
the Dutch mint i Dort (1674); J. @. Cuy, Portrait.
The Park Merwestein (Pl. E, F, 3,4; with tame deer) and the
Oranje Park, to the 8.E. of the town (Pl. E, 4), are pleasant pro-
menades.
to Rotterdam. DORDRECHT.
The best views of Dordrecht and the broad Merwede are com-
manded from the dykes at Zwyndrecht, on the right bank of the
Oude Maas, whither a steam-ferry (2 C2) plies from the Blaauw
Poort (Pl. C, 2). There are shipbuilding yards here and extensive
orchards and vegetable-gardens. Steam-tramway to Rotterdam, see
p. 304.
After quitting the station of Dordrecht, the train crosses the
Oude Maas by an iron bridge (view). — 444 M. Zwyndrecht, see
above. — 148 M. Barendrecht is a station on the steam-tramw ay
from Rotterdam to Zuid-Beyerland (see p. 301). — 161 M. Yosel-
monde, opposite the influx of the Dutch Yssel into the Meuse. — |
