MEMORIES OF HOLLAND
Sir,-I am exceedingly sorry that I gave offence to a Dutchman. I do not for one moment "believe that I have seen Holland," in the large sense of "seen." I spent four weeks there, and wrote. an absolutely honest chronicle of my imprestions. I stayed with a Dutch family "au pair" -in return for hospitality I spoke English to Anne: hence she was my constant companion and guide. But often I ranged round on. my. own; and then I always went to the Mauritshuis, where I was neéver tired of. looking at Rembrandt’s "School of Anatomy," Potter’s magnificent "Bull," Vermeer’s tranquil, mellow "Delft," and his exquisite "Head of a Girl" hanging in its window recess. I regret that I did not mention this in the extracts from my diary. All my life I shall remember the Mauritshuis, the loveliest art gallery I have been in. I will not need any diary to prompt my memory of Vermeer’s "Delft." I shall always see it-golden and tranquilmore able to induce peace than any other picture I have seen.
E.
M.
(Christchurch),
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 11, Issue 281, 10 November 1944, Page 7
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182MEMORIES OF HOLLAND New Zealand Listener, Volume 11, Issue 281, 10 November 1944, Page 7
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