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Affichage des articles du avril 24, 2016

ENCHANTING AND A DISCOVERY

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I had never visited the Fondation Custodia. In fact, until a few months ago when I saw a write-up on:-                                                  En route !                                    Dutch Landscape Drawings                            John and Marine van Vlissingen Collection I probably didn’t even know it existed. There is so much to discover and go on discovering in Paris. This is a little about the centre and it’s worthwhile reading.                                          Custodia Foundation Once Marielle and l got there we both remarked at once that there was no information on John and Marine van Vlissingen. I looked that up when l came home only to find that the van Vlissingen family are the richest in the Netherlands with quite an amazing background too :- John Arthur Fentener van Vlissingen (born 4 March 1939, Utrecht) is a Dutch businessman. He is one of the wealthiest people in the Netherlands and has made major investments in the travel industry