17th Century Lovely on a Netherlands Banknote

[scottishmoney]

The Netherlands was liberated from the fascists occupiers in 1945 and new paper money was printed by the Netherlands Bank. Of course in keeping with tradition they chose a design, this being of the Girl Dressed In Blue by 17th Dutch painter Johannes Verspronck. This painting, performed in 1641, currently resides in the http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/index.jsp in Amsterdam.

[ElleKitty]

A beautiful note, and a beautiful painting!  Thank you for sharing the information behind this note, as well as the note itself.

[Twoshadows]

The Netherlands have a history of art and paintings which have adorned their currency through the years. I have a few but have failed miserably getting the ones which I, at one time, thought I had to have. Now, like all things, prices have risen and the notes are harder to locate at a price one wants to pay. Guess thats the way of the world today!

[scottishmoney]

Yes Twoshadows, Netherlands has had Frans Hals on the 10 Gulden note of 1968 as well as several other painters or their works over the years.  Curiously Germany has had far more, especially Albrecht Durer paintings, I never realised the famous "Vampire" note of 1923 is actually a Durer painting from the 15th century.  I always thought it was some image created in 1923 to protest the war reparations.  The most famous Durer painting, "The Venetian Woman" was on the 5DM note from 1960 and 1980.

[humpybong]

Very nice and I had a good history lesson as well.

Do you only collect notes with ladies on them of do you have others?

[scottishmoney]

I have lots of Scottish notes, from 1808-2002 but they don't have a lot of ladies on them, save a couple with the Queen and the Queen Mother.  So now I collect only notes with ladies on them.

[Twoshadows]

Where can I find the note you are using as your "beauty on banknotes"?

[scottishmoney]

http://www.geocities.com/scottishmoney/banknotes/belgium/index.html

[Twoshadows]

I find this particular note absolutely amazing. The world has an opportunity to share so much with their banknotes and coinage and most countries today fail miserably to do so. This is definitely a "must have" note!

[AuldFartte]

That is a beautiful note, and the history lesson is pretty cool, too 

[scottishmoney]

Not really an uncommon note, but a pain to find in better than shredded condition this is an uncirculated example that just flew in from Netherlands.  This note was issued because of the Nazi invasion and occupation of Netherlands, the previous 10 Florin note with the vignette of Queen Emma, Queen Mother of Queen Wilhelmina, then in exile in London during the war. This note has a vignette from the painting De Schone Herderin by Dutch master Paulus Moreelse(1571-1638), below is the actual painting from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. This note is P-56b.

As with many Dutch banknotes this sought inspiration from the past with the vignette:



But one cannot help but notice the prude designers lopped off the bottom half of the painting whence it came time to apply the image to the note.  Canna imagine why.

[Paint Your Wagon]

But one cannot help but notice the prude designers lopped off the bottom half of the painting whence it came time to apply the image to the note.  Canna imagine why.

Maybe Mengele needed that part 

[scottishmoney]

Thankfully the Bosch didn't haul off with many of the artworks in Netherlands like they did in Czech, Poland and Russia.

[Paint Your Wagon]

Thankfully the Bosch didn't haul off with many of the artworks in Netherlands like they did in Czech, Poland and Russia.

And how many paintings like from France did arrive in Switzerland you think

And if I remember correctly the Swisse made a special law that if the old owner did not reclame the painting within 5 years after the war
it belonged to the new owner forever . Very convenient of the Swisse No ?