Barend Cornelis Koekkoek (1803-1862), one of the most important landscape painters of the 19th century and founder of Dutch romantic painting was considered,...
Willem Frederik George Lodewijk van Oranje-Nassau (1792-1849) ascended the Dutch throne on the 7th of October, 1840. In 1830 Belgium had split off from the Netherlands and had its independence...
The ruins of Larochette Castle, situated on a promontory of the Luxembourg Sandstone, dominate from a height of approximately 150m the valley of the Ernz Blanche, a tributary of the Sûre....
Aware of the international fame of B. C. Koekkoek as a landscapist, it was him William II asked to accompany his journey to Luxembourg. Thus, by request of the King-Grand-Duke, Koekkoek...