Oudehaven
Historic harbour basin with moored old vessels, waterside terraces and long ties to painters.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Oude Haven in Rotterdam follows Johan Barthold Jongkind, the Dutch painter Claude Monet credited with educating his eye, and the harbour gate that once guarded this spot. It begins with a small canvas signed in eighteen seventy-nine and a note on its back that does not square with the date. Along the way you'll meet Jongkind's years in Paris and back in Rotterdam, and his habit of sketching outdoors and finishing indoors. Best heard facing the mouth of the harbour.
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