Anne Zernike
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Anne Zernike was a Dutch, liberal theologian, who was the first ordained woman minister of the Netherlands. Though she began her career with the Mennonites, which was the only congregation that allowe
Zernike by her husband
Anne Zernike at her ordination, 5 November 1911
Jan Mankes
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Jan Mankes was a Dutch painter. He produced around 200 paintings, 100 drawings and 50 prints before dying of tuberculosis at the age of 30. His restrained, detailed work ranged from self-portraits to
Anne Zernike
…and preached her sermon on Jeremiah 31. She found it difficult to adjust to life in Bovenknijpe and was homesick for culture until she met the painter, Jan Mankes. After a brief courtship, they became engaged and married on 30 September 1915. Shortly thereafter, the couple moved to The Hague where their lives…
Self-portrait of Jan Mankes
Oil-bottle (1909)
White rabbit (1910)
Road alongside the canal in de Knijpe (1914)