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Groote Kerk. THE HAGUE. 39. Route. 33D
terize the later Dutch architecture came into vogue (comp. pp. 349;
355). The two side-fagades probably owe some of their remarkable,
architectonic features to the influence of the medieval patrician
house of the Brederode, which previously occupied the site. The
statues of Justice and Prudence on the main fagade are by J. B.
Xavery. The short flight of steps beside the main entrance, oppo-
site the Nieuwe Straat, leads to a vestibule (‘Vierschaar’, comp.
p. 450), which contains the bench of the old sheriff's court
(‘Schepenbank’) and three paintings py Willem Doudyns, represent—
ing the Judgment of Solomon (4674). The N. wing contains a hand-
some vestibule. The beautiful Salle des Mariages contains pictures
by Jac. de Wit and ceiling-paintings by G. Sturm.
The Groote Kerk (P1. 0,5), or Church of St. James, is a Gothic
edifice of the 15-16th cent., with a hexagonal tower (330 ft. high),
surmounted by a modern open-work iron spire and containing a
‘Jlon of 88 bells. The interior, which is finely vaulted, contains
a few monuments, among them that of Admiral Obdam, who fell
in 1665 in a naval engagement with the English off Lowestoft, by
Eggers; and also some stained glass of 4547. In the sacristy are
the remains of an alabaster monument of a Mynheer van Assen-
delft (d. 1486) and his wife. The carved wooden pulpit (1550) and
the frames of the coats-of-arms of some knights of the Golden
Fleece, placed in the choir after the chapter of 1456, also deserve
notice. A recital is given every Tues. in summer (2.30 to 3.30 p.m. ;
adm. 25.) on the large organ, built in 1884 by Witte of Utrecht.
Queen Wilhelmina was married in this church to Duke Henry of
Mecklenburg - Schwerin on Feb. 7th, 1904. The sacristan (‘kerk-
bewaarder’) lives at Kerkplein 8, adjoining the Post Office. Fine
view from the tower (custodian, Kerkplein 15; adm. 50 ¢., several
persons 25 c. each).
c. The Modern Quarters on the North.
From the Groenmarkt (p. 334) the Hoogstraat leads to the N.
for a few yards to the Noorpzurnpk (Pl. O, 4, 3). Here, to the left,
rises the Palace of the Queen, built by Pieter Post for Prince Fred-
erick Henry (p. x1) and enlarged in 4816. It contains a few un-
important family-paintings (admission, see p. 318).. The Prin-
sessetuin, or palace garden, also was laid out under Prince Frederick
Henry; it contains the royal archives.
In front of the palace stands the equestrian Statue of William
the Silent (p. xxxix), in bronze, designed by Count Nieuwerkerke
(1845). On the estal are the arms of the seven provinces.
In the ZexsTRaat (Pl. ©, 2), which prolongs the Noordeinde
towards the N., is the Panorama (adm., see p. 318). Three rooms
on the ground-floor contain paintings by H. W. Mesdag (p. 336)
and ntje Mesdag-van-Houten (his wife), and upstairs is a View
of Scheveningen in 1881, by H. W. Mesdag. The Zeestraat goes on,
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