The Hague juli 2nd, 2009

As I strolled past the Lange Vijverberg near the Houses of Parliament saw this statue of Johan van Barneveld , who as you can see lived from 1547 untill 1619.
He was born in Amersfoort on September 14, 1547 and died in The Hague on May 13, 1619.
During his lif he was a important Dutch statesman, who played a role in the Dutch truggle for independance from Spain. he became Lands Advocate got himself in trouble with the Dutch Staes General and was beheaded on the Binnenhof. the link to the wikipediasite is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_van_Oldenbarnevelt
I was struck again by the light playing in the rays of the fountain in the Hofvijver and the houses of parliament behind it: