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Director of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Taco Dibbits (L) shows France's President Emmanuel Macron (R), his wife Brigitte Macron (not seen) and King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (C) the painting 'The Lacemaker' by Johannes Vermeer during a visit to the exhibition of the Dutch painter at the Rijskmuseum in Amsterdam on April 12, 2023. - Emmanuel Macron is on a two-day visit to the Netherlands, the first state visit by a French President for 23 years, to highlight a new dynamic between Paris and The Hague after Brexit, when the Netherlands lost its strongest ally in Europe. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (KEYSTONE/AFP/LUDOVIC MARIN)