Escher Museum (The Hague)
This building was built in the late 18th century, somewhere around 1760. The architect of the palace, which is now used as a museum, is Pieter de Swart. He was a Dutch architect in the 18th century who, among other buildings, also designed Huis Huguetan in The Hague and the Delftse Poort in Rotterdam. The name of this building actually used to be Paleis Lange Voorhout, but since they started exhibiting Esher’s work, they now call it Escher in het Paleis or The Escher Museum. The palace is located on the Lange Voorhout 47 in The Hague.
In 1796, Archibald Hope bought the palace. He didn’t use it for anything specifically, but in 1801 Napoleon Bonaparte spend the night in this building. Then in 1896, Queen Emma bought the building after her brother-in-law had passed away. She renovated the building completely and in 1901, after Queen Wilhelmina’s marriage, she moved in the building. Emma mostly used the palace as a place to stay during the winter, while Wilhelmina, Juliana and Beatrix mostly used it as a place to work. Queen Beatrix and Prince Claus used the palace as a place to work until Paleis aan het Noordeinde became available. They then sold the palace to the city The Hague, but only on the condition that it would be used for cultural activities. There have been multiple exhibitions displayed in the palace, but since 2002 there has been a permanent Escher exhibition.
From the looks of it, it looks like the building is mainly made up of sandstone. The pediment however might be made of marble, since it is so white and the balcony is made of gold. The building belongs to the Sober Dutch Classicistic style. You can tell, because the building has a big pediment and a clearly visible cornice. The façade of ...
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...e features. The building itself is made up of sandstone, although the pediments are probably made up of marble.
A very noticeable feature is the shape of the building. This u-shape is not typical for a classicistic building, but it still makes the building look very interesting. The two pediments are also very eye-catching. They depict young, nude children and because the pediment is a bit eroded, it is hard to tell what they are doing. You can still see some of the leaves and plants that used to be visible on the pediment.
Personally, I quite like the architecture of this building. The shape is very interesting and I also like the garlands around the front windows. The building looks very elegant, because of this design around the windows on the front of the building, but also because the colour is a pale yellow instead of a darker colour, like grey or black.
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