Dutch harbour painting: tall sailing ships with red and gold flags, riders and dogs on the shore, a town skyline and church tower under a blue sky.

Antique hand-coloured bird's-eye map of the round walled city of Middelburg, with a coat of arms, figures in period dress and a Latin cartouche. — Inside: four of your photos stand up below this, with your note.

The Harbor of Middelburg

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Adriaen van de Venne's 1615 painting of Middelburg harbour, where flag-decked ships ride at anchor and courtiers on horseback parade along the shore, with an old hand-coloured map of the walled city inside. Middelburg is the capital of Zeeland, and the abbey tower on its skyline is fondly known as Lange Jan, or Long John. For a traveller, or anyone with ties to the Netherlands.

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Inside, it says

Middelburgum, Selandiae opp. situ, opere et mercimoniis florentiss.

On the back

Middelburg · Oil painting / The Harbor of Middelburg / Adriaen van de Venne, 1615 / Flag-decked ships and courtiers on horseback crowd the harbor, with the town's skyline rising behind under a blue sky. Middelburg is the capital of Zeeland, and its abbey tower is fondly nicknamed Lange Jan, or Long John.

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