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7 De Waalse Kerk
Walenpleintje 157–159. Map 2 D5.
Tel 020-6232074. v 4, 9, 14, 16.
q Nieuwmarkt. Open for service
and events only. 5 11am Sun.
The origin of this church dates
back to 1409, when it started as
a convent for laymen monks and
was known as Paulusbroederkerk
(Brother Paul Monastery). After
1550 it was handed over to
the Huguenots – Protestant
refugees from France – and
was renamed Église Wallone.
Services and regular lectures are
still conducted here in French.
The building boasts splendid
acoustics and an impressive
organ built by Christiaan Müller,
one of the finest remaining in the
world. The church is often used
for concerts and various events.

8 Trippenhuis
Kloveniersburgwal 29. Map 2 E5.
v 4, 9, 14, 16. q Nieuwmarkt.
Closed to the public.
Justus Vingboons designed
this ornate Classical mansion,
completed in 1662. It appears
to be one house: it is in fact two.
The façade, outlined by eight The spire of the Zuiderkerk, a prominent city landmark
Corinthian columns, features
false middle windows. The The Zuiderkerk ceased to were conducted in the attic. A
house was designed for arms function as a church in 1929. fine collection of Rembrandt’s
merchants Lodewijk and It was restored in 1988 and is etchings and drawings includes
Hendrick Trip; the chimneys now a commercial venue for various self-portraits. There are
look like cannons. The city’s art events and private dinners. also landscapes, nude studies,
collection was housed here in The surrounding community religious and crowd scenes, and
1817–85, when it moved to the housing includes the “Pentagon” sketches of the artist with his
Rijksmuseum (see pp126–9). by Theo Bosch. wife. The house has undergone
Trippenhuis now houses the historically accurate restoration
Dutch Academy. Opposite at 0 Museum het and a further wing has been
No. 26 is the Kleine Trippenhuis opened to the public.
(1698). Only 2.5 m (7 ft) wide, Rembrandthuis
it has detailed cornicing, Jodenbreestraat 4–6. Map 2 E5.
including two carved sphinxes. Tel 020-5200400. v 9, 14.
q Nieuwmarkt. Open 10am–6pm
daily. Closed 1 Jan, 27 Apr, 25 Dec.
9 Zuiderkerk & = - 8 ∑ rembrandthuis.nl
Zuiderkerkhof 72. Map 2 E5. Tel 020-
5527987. v 9, 14. q Nieuwmarkt. Rembrandt worked and taught
∑ zuiderkerk.amsterdam.nl in this house from 1639 until
1660. He lived in the ground-floor
Designed by Hendrick de Keyser rooms with his wife, Saskia, who
in 1603 in the Renaissance style, died here in 1642, leaving the
the Zuiderkerk was the first artist with their only surviving
Calvinist church to open in child, a baby son, Titus.
Amsterdam after the Alteration. Many of Rembrandt’s most
The spire has columns, decora- famous paintings were created Self-portrait by Rembrandt with his wife,
tive clocks and an onion dome. in the first-floor studio. Lessons Saskia (1636)
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp396–7 and pp406–9

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