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| | Jan van der Heyden: Huis ten Bosch, view of the garden facade (64.65.2) | Object Page | Timeline of Art History | The ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) |
 | | Huis ten Bosch, view of the garden facade, dated ca. |
 | | The Huis ten Bosch, or House in the Wood, still the residence of the Dutch queen today, originally was built for Amalia van Solms, wife of Stadholder Frederik Hendrik of Orange, as a retreat in the wooded meadowlands outside The Hague. |
 | | Designed around 1645 by the Dutch courtly architects Pieter Post and Jacob van Campen, the palace was distinguished from the other courtly residences by a centralized, classical Italian composition, to which the garden was carefully fitted. |
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