hetismij

A painting by Van Gogh has been lying unrecognised in a museum store room for years.
It is now confirmed to be by him.
It can be seen at the museum in Zwolle.
Zwolle is coincidently a nice place to visit as a day out.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8538038.stm

avalon

And a Titian was misidentified by Christie's and was worth millions.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/a...-millions.html

tod

Thanks for that info Hetismij - Are there other Van Goghs in the same museum?
Can I ask you at the same time ; Does hetismij mean "have you got me"? in Dutch. I've always been curious about your "name".

hetismij

Het is mij means it's me.

As far as I know they only have the one Van Gogh. Lots of other good painting though. I shall have to take myself off there one of these days to see it for myself.

vakantie

Hetismij, you do realize that your screenname is only a literal translation of the words "it is me" and that the sentence in this translation doesn't mean anything in Dutch do you? Not trying to step on your toes, just wondering ...

vakantie

Thanks by the way for the Van Gogh info. I had not heard about it yet!

tod

I was close enough - I know that mij in Dutch means 'my'(pronounced may)in Afrikaans. 'Het' in Afrikaans means 'Have'. I put the two together with the 'is', so had an incling it was something to do with the explanation that you gave Hetismij. We would say " dit is ek" or faster 'dis ek!
Thanks so much!

hetismij

Vakantie yes I do realise that. That was why I chose it - a literal Dutch translation of an English expression, which doesn't really mean anything in Dutch- it suits me, an English person in the Netherlands.

vakantie

Cool. "Vakantie" suits me really well in my mind, in real life unfortunately not as much as I would like