Give yourself one point for each correct answer and add up your score:
1: B, Jaap Heinen is the founder of the company and his son Jorrit is now CEO.
2: C, during the Spakenburg Days in 1975, Jaap Heinen painted vases, plates and even traditional costume pieces on request.
3: B, in 1985, father and son opened their first store on the Prinsengracht in Amsterdam.
4: A, initially, father Jaap Heinen painted in the Imari style, known for its vivid colors: iron red, cobalt blue and gold.
5: B, it takes 8 days to make Delft Blue paint. We add all the ingredients from our secret recipe into a barrel with porcelain balls, and this barrel then turns on the paint mill for eight days.
6: A, the hallmark of Heinen Delfts Blauw hand-painted work is a little fish. This refers to the fishing heritage of Spakenburg, where Jaap Heinen originally came from.
7: C, today, Heinen Delfts Blauw has ten stores in the Netherlands, Curaçao, Bonaire and the United States.
8: A, as the demand for Jaap Heinen’s painted work grew, he first started a small studio in Putten, where he lived with his young family.
9: A, Creating New Traditions is the motto of Heinen Delfts Blauw.
10: C, the iconic Delft Blue paint is actually black in color. Only after glazing and firing in the kiln does the black transform into the well-known blue.
