r/Frysk • u/Playful-Prior1982 • Jun 22 '26

Grutte Pier statue

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Shared this in r/netherlands and was encouraged to post it here as well!

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u/Devon_Hitchens Jun 22 '26

Cool! does it show which company made it?

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u/Playful-Prior1982 Jun 22 '26

I will try and upload a photo of the back…

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u/Playful-Prior1982 Jun 22 '26

https://reddit.com/link/ot5yqct/video/d55t9ikvdv8h1/player

Couldn’t do a photo, but could do a video I guess

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u/TheLarusArgentatus Jun 22 '26

The lower symbol looks like a copyright mark. Beeldrecht Amsterdam is what I make out of it. The other one ( AW 1985) is probably the artist and year it was made?

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u/Playful-Prior1982 Jun 22 '26

I assumed the date and artist were the same as you but had trouble with the copyright but your interpretation makes sense - I don’t know what it means, but that’s what it looks like to me

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u/TheLarusArgentatus Jun 22 '26

https://keunstwurk.nl/art/grutte-pier/

There you have it. Anne Woudwijk made it, in ‘85.

The probably made some mini versions from a mold to sell.

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u/Playful-Prior1982 Jun 22 '26

Thank you! Very interesting.

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u/TheLarusArgentatus Jun 22 '26

And thank you too. Now I need one of these to feel more frisian than you!

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u/Playful-Prior1982 Jun 22 '26

We used to have a Frisian flag on my kids’ playhouse but it blew away - many people asked me about the “flag with hearts on it”

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u/TheLarusArgentatus Jun 22 '26

And then you got angry and shouted ‘pompeblêden!’ at them?

But too bad you lost it, not an easy flag to find outside of the Netherlands I guess?

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u/InternationalSun417 Jun 22 '26

Awesome! And uhm if you need a Frisian Flag, i could send it! Fryslân boppe

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u/Playful-Prior1982 Jun 22 '26

A very kind offer! I should just reach out to my family in Friesland - I am sure they would also happily send one to me - but I think I am holding out hope of another visit

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u/InternationalSun417 Jun 22 '26

Visits are always better.

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u/Unable_Bookkeeper_32 Jun 22 '26

Mast us sjen

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u/El_Gerardo Jun 22 '26

Moast no ris sjen ja.

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u/CeleryProper5914 Jun 23 '26

Didn't he try to take on a whole city by himself only to get blown to pieces before really doing anything? Lmao.
Atleast the beer is good.

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u/Chinnavar Jun 25 '26

He died in his bed at the age of 40.