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304 Route 37. ROTTERDAM. St. Lawrence's,
The Groote Kerk, or Church of St. Lawrence)(Pl. 12, D, 2), a
Gothic brick edifice, was begun in 1412. The choir dates from 1487,
and the tower, which has been left unfinished, from 1449-1651.
The Inrertor (entrance through the “Kerkenkantoor’, on the E. side,
opposite the viaduc 3; open 9-5, 25 ious, but, as in most Dutch
churches, is disfigured by the wouden stall Is and pews. The chief obj
of interes e marble monuments e- Admiral Witte Corn
de With (d. 1658), by Pieter Ricx. Vice-Admiral Kortenaer (da. 1665), }
Rombout Verhulst (1669), and R Admiral Van Brakel (d. 1690), by Joh.
Blommendael. The bra which separates the laa from: the
nave dates from 1711-15. — The large organ {4 manuals, 73 ters 4762
pipes), built in 1798, is as famous as that at Haarlem. Or
alternate Frid. in summer at 2.30 p.m. (free); at other times fie
may be engaged to play for an hour, and to show the internal mechanism,
for a fee of 10f1.
The Tower, 210 ft. in height (325 steps , On application to
the sacristan), consisting of three broad and tapering stories, rises from
the facade of the church. It formerly terminated in a wooden spi
removed in 4645 and replaced by a flat roof; and in i
figured by the construction of a mas support, extending across the
entire fagade: The view from the summit is very extensive. The towers
of Briel, Delft, The Hague, Leyden, Gouda, and Dordrecht are all visible
in clear onthes
A little to the E., between the Kaasmarkt and the Hoogstraat is
the Stadhuis, or town-hall (Pl. 35; E , rebuilt in 1827-35 in a
eT classic style. — ‘In the neighbouring Nieuwe Marxr
(Pl. E, 2) is a Fountain (1872) commemorating the tercentenary of
the establishment of Dutch independence (1572; see p. xxxix).
To the W. the Hoogstraat ends in the Korts Hoogs
(PI. D, 2), another much-frequented str ree toe -assage, an arcade
built in 1878-79, leads hence to the Coo
The *Boymans Museum (Pl. 29; D, * ), on the Schiedamsche
Dyk, originally built in 1662 as the government offices for Schie-
land, but rebuilt after a fire in 1863 and newly fitted up in the
of
interior in 1909-410, contains a good collection of pictures. The
an of the ailenaan was a bequest by Mr. F. J. O. Boymans
(ad. 4847), most of which perished in the fire of 1863. Th
Sato now includes about 500 pictures and upwards of 2000
Gees: Adm, Dc. on Sun., 11-5, and week-days (except Mon.),
{ ) (in winter, 40-3, in March and Oct., 4
admitted before 10 a.m. and on Mon. for a fee of
in English (4907). Director: F. Schmidt-Degener,
Grounp Froor. Modern Art. — To the left of the vestibule,
Room A. To the left: 402. Nic. Pieneman, King William III. (1853).
397. Wally Moes, Midday rest; no number, Jan Veth, Burgo-
master *S Jac as (1907) ); 423. H. A. van Trigt, Erasmus in his last
illness; 384, 382. P, de Josselin de Jong, Portraits; 417. Th. Schwartze,
Orphan girls of ak tan 361. Chr. Bisschop, Prince Henry of the
Netherlands (d. 1879). — Room B. To theright: Ary Scheffer, 408
Count Eberhard of W AS rg cutting the table-cloth between hime
self and his son Ulrich (18% H1), 409. Count Eberhard by the dead
; Strangers are
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