Rembrandt Herdenkingsplaquette

The Rembrandtplaats is a square commemorating the birth place of Rembrandt, arguably the greatest painter of all times. However during the firestorm of city renewal in the sixties and seventies of the previous century, his 16th century birth house was demolished to make room for a rather ugly piece of modern architecture which will probably not survive long into the future. Only a plague in the building front reminds of the historical significance ...