Slavernij tentoonstellingen van 2001 tot 2021 Deze week zag ik ongeveer de tiende tentoonstelling met het thema slavernij in de…
Harmen Hermanus Meurs 1891-1964
It is not clear what exactly happened. On a Friday in 1964, Harmen Meurs did something awkward on the stairs…
From the book: Cupido and Sideron. Two ‘Moors’ at the court of Orange: The arrival of Cupido
Two young boys, Cupido and Sideron, arrived in the eighteenth century as enslaved children in The Hague at the court…
Looking back at the painting The Slave-dance 1707 by Dirk Valkenburg
NL versie hier The Great Suriname Exhibition, in 2019 in De Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam, featured a modest painting with…
From Willemstad to Stadtholder William V
In 2017 my book about Willem Frederik Cupido and Guan Anthony Sideron was published. It is about two boys who…
2018: Contemporary ‘stained glass’ by Kehinde Wiley and the Singh Twins
Similarities and Differences between Kehinde Wiley and the Singh Twins Kehinde Wiley During my visit to Bozar in Brussels in…
Vrouwen in de wereldgeschiedenis
Bewerking uit het boek Cupido en Sideron. Twee Moren aan het hof van Oranje. Periode: achttiende eeuw. Locaties: Den Haag…
From Cupido and Sideron: childen as gifts/kinderen als cadeautjes
In the eighteenth and other centuries it was quite normal in Europe to give African children as gifts. The French governor in Senegal, Stanislas Jean, chevalier de Boufflers, describes in letters how he selects children for the high nobility in France. 1786: “I am just buying a little African girl of two or three years old to send to Madame the Duchess of Orleans […]. Her eyes are like little stars and her appearance is so soft and calm that I am moved to tears when I think of her. “
Accara een desperado in tijden van slavernij II: Suriname, moord en Fourgeoud
Accara: slaafgemaakte, rebellenleider, desperado en pensionado Tijdens mijn zoektocht naar documenten en gegevens voor mijn boek Cupido en Sideron. Twee Moren…
2020 February opening National Gallery London: Nicolaes Maes
Longing for openings and usual suspects At the moment the museums in both the Netherlands and Great Britain are closed.…
