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. The Pedlar VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
(c.1500)
Hieronymous Practical Information
Bosch’s painting Museumpark 18–20, Rotterdam.
shows mankind Tel 010-4419400.
trying to avoid the ∑ boijmans.nl
First hazards of life.
floor Open 11am–5pm Tue–Sun &
public hols. Closed 1 Jan, 27 Apr,
25 Dec. & ^ 7 0 =
Transport
£ Centraal Station. @ 32.
v 7. q Eendrachtsplein.

La Petite Danseuse
(1880–81) Impressionist
Stairs Edgar Degas made several
studies in bronze of this
young Belgian dancer.

Auditorium

Restaurant . Titus at his Desk
(1655) Rembrandt portrayed his sickly
son in an introspective mood, bathed
in a tender light that heightens the
pallor of his brooding features. Titus
was to die aged 27.

Basement

. The Tower of Babel
(c.1568) Pieter Brueghel took
an Old Testament theme and
painted a ten-storey structure
swarming with people.

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