True-color view of snow, fog, and low clouds in western Europe.

Satellite view of Northern Europe.

Satellite view of Northwestern Europe

Artifacts - Silver - Holland Silver-gilt Tankard, 1630 This piece was made in the year John Winthrop, the English Puritan leader, founded the city of Boston, Mass.

Paintings & Engravings - (Color) - Holland "Self- Portrait" by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) Rembrandt was born in the year English playwright Ben Jonson wrote "Volpone" and Galileo invented the proportional compass. Born to a miller`s family, he

Paintings & Engravings - Engraving - Holland "Christ and Magdelen" An engraving by Lucas van Leyden (1489-1533) The artist was a superb engraver whose skill has been compared to that of the master Albrecht DYrer. He was undoubtedly the finest Dutch pr

Paintings & Engravings- Engraving - Holland Painting in the Netherlands in the 17th. Century. "Self-Portrait" by Gabriel Metsu (1629-1667) Metsu began his career as painter of religious scenes but changed to depictions of commercial life in the marke

Paintings & Engravings - Engraving - Holland "Cattle at the Pond" by Aelbert Cuyp (1620-1691) The artist was born in the year the Pilgrim Fathers left Plymouth, England, for America. He died in the year that Massachusetts absorbed Plymouth colony and

Paintings & Engravings - Engraving - Holland "Lot and his Daughters" by Gerard Honthorst (1592-1656) The painter was strongly influenced by the works of Caravaggio which he studied while spending time in Italy around 1610. He was born in the year Juan

Paintings & Engravings - Engraving - Belgium "A Surgical Operation" by Adriaen Brouwer (1605-1638) Brouwer studied under Frans Hals and most of his paintings, save for a few late landscapes, are of peasant life and everyday scenes. He was once impriso

Paintings & Engravings - Engraving - Holland "Morning Toilet" by Pieter de Hooch (1629-1684) The painter lived in Delft at the same time as Vermeer and the latter`s influence is to be seen throughout his work. He specialized in quiet observations of D

Artifacts - Wood - Belgium Originally carved in oak, this panel is an example of the Flemish Renaissance style made in the year 1540. The influence of Italian art, particularly that of Raphael is present. In this year Henry VIII of England married his f

Paintings & Engravings - Engraving - Belgium "The Entombment" by Quentin Massys (1465-1530) This Flemish artist is considered to be the first important painter of the Antwerp school. His work is noted for detailed expressions on individual faces of wh

Paintings & Engravings - Engraving - Belgium "Lion-Hunt" by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) of the Flemish Baroque school. Rubens was born at Siegen in what is now Holland and lived during the tumultuous years of the counter-reformation. In that same ye

Paintings & Engravings -Engraving - Belgium "Fighting Dice-Players" by Adriaen Brouwer (1605-1638) Brouwer studied under Frans Hals and most of his paintings, save for a few late landscapes, are of peasant life and everyday scenes. He was once impriso

The Low Countries of Belgium, Luxembourg, and The Netherlands.