Nicolaas van der Waaij was fascinated by the timeless look of the Amsterdam citizen orphan girls.\u00a0He made a series of paintings and drawings of models dressed in the red and black costume of the citizen orphans.<\/p>\n
His paintings idealized the appearance of the orphans, who seem to be shrouded in some transcendent charm: some sort of charm seem to emanate from these girls, which\u00a0probably had nothing to do with the realities in the orphanage.<\/p>\n
In this painting, the Sunday church attendance of the orphans is pictured: every Sunday the boys and girls walked in a long procession from the Orphanage to the Westerkerk at the Prinsengracht or to the New Church on Dam Square. The orphans had their own place in the church.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nicolaas van der Waaij was fascinated by the timeless look of the Amsterdam citizen orphan girls.\u00a0He made a series of paintings and drawings of models dressed in the red and black costume of the citizen orphans. His paintings idealized the appearance of the orphans, who seem to be shrouded in some transcendent charm: some sort … Continue reading Amsterdam Orphan Girls<\/span>