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Choose a mood and the room itself answers — the light cools or warms, the air changes pace, and only the works that carry that feeling step forward from the dark. Everything else recedes into shadow.
Juriaen Pool
A Life in Amsterdam The life of Juriaen Pool began in the shadows of the Amsterdam orphanage, known as the Burgerweeshuis. Having lost his parents by the age of three, he grew up within the walls of this institution, where he was eventually permitted to train as a painter. His father, Jurriaan Pool the elder, had been a silversmith from Silesia, leaving behind a name that carried traces of Polish roots. In 1693, his path became closely
entwined with Rachel Ruysch. Their marriage in Buiksloot brought him into a circle of scientific and cultural significance, as Rachel was the daughter of the anatomist Frederik Ruysch. Together, they navigated the professional landscapes of The Hague and Düsseldorf. Between 1703 and 1713, he served as a court painter in Düsseldorf under the Elector Palatine, Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz. The Art of the Portrait Pool focused his attent…