Great Stairs: Mauritshuis

The art gallery in The Hague not only contains great portraits but it is a great artwork itself, while serenely peering out upon the water next to the Torentje and the Binnenhof complex. There is beauty within, too, for its staircases are not merely utilitarian methods of getting punters upstairs, but a stylish and elegant feature of the building.

The real Christian not only performs beautiful acts of kindness and generosity (which are the fruits of salvation rather than the basis) but becomes increasingly beautiful the closer they draw to the Saviour whom they increasingly reflect.