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# The Dutch architect Pierre Cuypers, the better to keep watch over the Rijksmuseum, his beloved brainchild, even after his death, hid a sculpted portrait of himself on the wall of one of the towers on the Museumplein side
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/gollandskii-arkhitektor-per-kaipers-chtoby-prismatrivat-za-reiksmuzeem-svoim-liubimym-detishchem-i-posle-smerti-spriatal-na-stene-odnoi-iz-bashen-so-storony-muzeinoi-ploshchadi-svoi-sku/
- Published: 2024-03-03T13:44:25.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:34:25.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Architecture, Museums, People

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