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- 1Ed van der Elsken photo of Amsterdam nozems resurfaces●Nozems met bromfietsen, Amsterdam, Ed van der Elsken, c. 1955 - c. 1960 # Amsterdam # EdvanderElsken # Europe # English
A photograph by Dutch photographer Ed van der Elsken, showing young 'nozems' with mopeds in Amsterdam, taken around 1955-1960, is being shared online. The image forms part of the Rijksmuseum collection, which is freely viewable on its website. Van der Elsken is celebrated for his raw street photography capturing youth culture and everyday life in postwar Amsterdam, and the picture continues to draw interest as a vivid document of that era.
- 2Prado and Rijksmuseum launch joint research on women rulers' impact on art●Matronage over patronage: the Prado and Rijksmuseum team up to research women rulers’ impact on art
The Prado in Madrid and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam are collaborating on a research project examining how female monarchs shaped art history. Framed as 'matronage over patronage', the initiative will study how women rulers commissioned, collected and influenced artistic production in their courts. The partnership signals growing institutional attention to women's long-overlooked role as artistic patrons and power brokers in Europe.