Dutch garden refers firstly to gardens in the Netherlands, but also, mainly in the English-speaking countries, to various types of gardens traditionally considered to be in a Dutch style, a presumptio
The Main Canal at Westbury Court Garden, now restored to its putative state in 1700.
The Privy Garden at Hampton Court Palace, in September
Detail of print of castle garden in Utrecht, around 1700
Het Loo Palace, by 1693; perhaps partly planned but not finished.
The Dutch Maiden is a national personification of the Low Countries and - sometime after the secession of the Southern Netherlands - solely of the Dutch Republic, and its successor state the Netherlan
Dutch garden
…replaced by the "English style" of Capability Brown "to restore the ground to its original shape". The small, fenced, Garden of Holland, defended by the Dutch Maiden and the Batavian Lion was, and to some extent still is, a popular patriotic metaphor for the independence of the Netherlands, first seen in the late…
The Dutch Maiden always carries her cap of liberty on a pole, and it is not of the Phrygian cap form.[citation needed] 1660
Dordrecht Maiden, 1596, stained glass window designed by Gerrit Gerritsz Cuyp in the Janskerk, Gouda.
Maiden of Dordrecht depicted in the Groothoofdspoort in Dordrecht in 1618.
Dutch Maiden in the garden of Holland, 1563, by Philips Galle