Rijksmuseum
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Rijksmuseum

The Night Watch, Rembrandt as a young man, Frans Hals's Merry Drinker and Van Gogh's self-portrait. The Rijksmuseum, at your own pace.

4 floors70+ rooms500+ piecesabout an hour of stories
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90 minThe Rijksmuseum in 90 MinutesAvercamp's skaters, Rembrandt as a young man, the Merry Drinker, Vermeer's Milkmaid, the Night Watch, a dolls' house, Delft blue, a captured stern, Waterloo and Van Gogh.11 pieces · 2 floors120 minThe Rijksmuseum in Two HoursNineteen stops from a medieval Holy Kinship to Van Gogh: skaters, an Arctic clock, two Rembrandts, two Vermeers, the Night Watch, a dolls' house, Waterloo and a painted picture gallery.19 pieces · 3 floors80 minThe Dutch OverseasFrom relics of an Arctic voyage to a Suriname plantation, a Javanese court and the model of a slave ship: how far the Dutch Republic reached, and what it brought home.13 pieces · 3 floors55 minSmall ThingsA prayer nut, jewels, a glass for a drinking game, a miniature parrot cage and a pottery violin: the Rijksmuseum up close.11 pieces · 2 floors70 minShips and Sea PowerA captured flagship's stern, a sea battle, an admiral's bust, a Dutch East Indiaman, ship models and a submarine model.12 pieces · 2 floors

Don't miss

The Night WatchThe Night WatchLevel 2
Self-portraitSelf-portraitLevel 2
The Merry DrinkerThe Merry DrinkerLevel 2
Self-portraitSelf-portraitLevel 1
The MilkmaidThe MilkmaidLevel 2
The Little StreetThe Little StreetLevel 2

The building

3The 20th centuryStructureFreedomMenMachine
2The 17th centuryTapestriesThe art and wonder roomFlemish influencesPower struggle in the young RepublicSpecialisation in paintingRoom 2.7The Netherlands overseas (2.9)The birth of the Republic and Mannerism and caravaggismThe young Rembrandt and the peace treaty of Münster 1648Room 2.10Room 2.11Drinking gamesRoom 2.13Room 2.14and 19 more rooms
1The 18th and 19th centuriesAt the Ottoman courtEuropean court art (1.4)The Netherlands overseas (1.5)Amsterdam canal room 1748Haarlem reception room 1794 / Neoclassicism in the NetherlandsCabinet (1.8)European court art (1.9)Rococo in the Netherlands / Stadtholder Willem IVCitizens and regentsAge of Enlightenment in the Netherlands / Stadtholder Willem V and the revolutionPainting (1.11)The PassageThe PassageGreat Hall, west stairsand 10 more rooms
0Middle Ages and special collectionsMusic roomDelftware, silver and glassFashion and jewelryPorcelainDutch relicsArmoryNavy model roomThe AtriumThe Atrium (east)The Renaissance in the NetherlandsThe Renaissance in ItalyEmperor, nobility, bourgeoisieThe Frisian stadtholders' lacquer roomChristian art in France, Germany and Italyand 2 more rooms
Photo credits (500)
  • Rijksmuseum: Fernando Mola-Davis, Unsplash License
  • Music room: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Delftware, silver and glass: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Fashion and jewelry: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Porcelain: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Dutch relics: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Armory: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Navy model room: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Renaissance in the Netherlands: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Renaissance in Italy: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Emperor, nobility, bourgeoisie: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Frisian stadtholders' lacquer room: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Christian art in France, Germany and Italy: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Christian art in the Netherlands: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Asian Pavilion: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • At the Ottoman court: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • European court art (1.4): Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Netherlands overseas (1.5): Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Amsterdam canal room 1748: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Haarlem reception room 1794 / Neoclassicism in the Netherlands: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Cabinet (1.8): Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • European court art (1.9): Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Rococo in the Netherlands / Stadtholder Willem IV: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Citizens and regents: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Age of Enlightenment in the Netherlands / Stadtholder Willem V and the revolution: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Painting (1.11): Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Passage: Shane Aldendorff, Pexels License
  • European court art (1.13): Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Romanticism in the Netherlands: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Historicism: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Cabinet (1.16): Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Netherlands overseas (1.17): Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • 1815: Waterloo and King Willem I: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Hague School, Amsterdam Impressionists and Van Gogh: Vincent van Gogh (Rijksmuseum SK-A-3262), via Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain
  • The Cuypers Library: Fernando Mola-Davis, Unsplash License
  • Tapestries: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The art and wonder room: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Flemish influences: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Power struggle in the young Republic: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Specialisation in painting: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Netherlands overseas (2.9): Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The birth of the Republic and Mannerism and caravaggism: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The young Rembrandt and the peace treaty of Münster 1648: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Room 2.10: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Room 2.11: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Drinking games: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Room 2.13: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Room 2.14: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Night Watch Gallery: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Gallery of Honour: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Sculpture gallery: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Medals: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Dutch painters in Italy: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Citizens in power: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The mansion: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Dolls' houses: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • French court art: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Power at sea: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Delftware and William III and Mary: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Painting (2.28): Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Berckheyde and city views: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Sculpture: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Painting (2.25): Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Painting (2.24): Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Men: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Machine: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Merry Drinker: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Milkmaid: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Little Street: Johannes Vermeer (Rijksmuseum SK-A-2860), via Wikimedia Commons, CC0
  • Still Life with Dead Peacocks: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Flower pyramid: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Stern carving from the Royal Charles: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Still Life with Flowers in a Glass Vase: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Syndics: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Arrest of Diponegoro by Lieutenant General De Kock: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Folding harpsichord: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Bass trombone: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Serpent: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Bass viol: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Dulcimer (salterio): Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Square piano: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Plate with Christ on the Mount of Olives: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Three vases, part of a garniture: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Vase: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Two vases (rolwagens or sleeve vases): Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Chinese woman (Kuan Yin figure): Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Glass, known as a 'Comet beaker': Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Pair of marriage goblets with lids: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Wine glass with a woman at a spinet: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Pendant with clasped hands: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Comb in the form of two dragonflies: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Pendant watch with date and moon phases: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Comb in the form of two sprigs of viburnum: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Pomander: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Ring with a lady and a unicorn: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Ring with an inscription: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Chandelier of gilt bronze and Meissen porcelain: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Round-bodied bottle vase with figures in a landscape: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Figure group of a shepherd and shepherdess near a ruin: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Vase with ram's heads: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Group of vases: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Bottle vase, powder blue with fields in famille verte: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Natural trumpet from the wreck of the Hollandia: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Spanish-American silver coins from the wreck of 't Vliegend Hert: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • High bowl or 'kraaikop' of Chinese porcelain from the Witte Leeuw: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Lump of fused finds from the wreck of the Hollandia: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Target gun used by the Guild of Arquebusiers in Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Portrait of Lieutenant-Admiral Cornelis Tromp in Roman costume: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Flintlock pistol of Tromp: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Cannons owned by the Van Reigersberg family: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Matchlock musket: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Pair of pistols owned by Maurice of Nassau-Beverweerd: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Flintlock pistol with an ivory stock: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Model of the Slave Ship De Witte Oliphant: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Model of a 40-gun warship: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Model of the 32-gun frigate Euridice: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Model of an 84-gun ship of the line (starboard side): Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Model of a submarine: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Model of a 44-gun frigate (IJssel): Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Model of a 40-gun Dutch East Indiaman (Vergelijking): Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Model of the monitor Tijger: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Model of the Vlakkenhoek lighthouse on Sumatra: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Model of an optical telegraph: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Model of the warship Salamander or Draak: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Well-stocked Kitchen: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Self-portrait: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Mary Magdalene: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Egg Dance: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Portrait of Pompeius Occo: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Triumph of Eternity: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Altarpiece with the Virgin and Child between Saint Jerome and Saint Nicholas: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Candlestick: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Inkwell with the Tiber, Romulus and Remus and the she-wolf: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Genius of Cosimo I de' Medici: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Bust of Pope Gregory XIV: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Weeper in a houppelande and pearl turban: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Polyptych with the Seven Works of Mercy: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Cabinet of a militia company: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Portrait of an African man (Christophle le More?): Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Saint Elizabeth's Day Flood: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Portrait of Lysbeth van Duvenvoirde: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Portrait of a man, possibly Pieter Gerritsz Bicker: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Siege of Rhenen: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Ceiling painting from the lacquer room: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Cylindrical vase with powder blue: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Bowl (crow cup) with a bird on a rock: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Table with floral marquetry: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Mary Magdalene: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Annunciation: the angel Gabriel: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Aquamanile in the form of a mounted knight: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Nativity: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Candlestick: knight with dragon: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Mirror case cover with a man and a woman playing chess: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Joseph and three musician angels: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Prayer nut with its case and pouch: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Tympanum from Egmond Abbey: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Roermond Passion: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Death of the Virgin: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Tree of Jesse: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Reliquary bust of Saint Frederick: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Hedwig beaker: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The bodhisattva Manjushri: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Makara: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Temple Guardian (Agyo): Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Temple Guardian (Ungyo): Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Bodhisattva Maitreya: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Durga Killing the Buffalo Demon: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Three-headed Vishnu: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Female nature spirit: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Head of a deity with four faces: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Lintel with a Kala Face: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Ambassador Cornelis Calkoen at his Audience with Sultan Ahmed III: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • View of Istanbul from the Dutch Embassy at Pera: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Cornelis Calkoen on his Way to his Audience with Sultan Ahmed III: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Meal Presented to Ambassador Calkoen by the Grand Vizier: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Whirling Dervishes: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Grand Vizier Crossing the Atmeydanı (Horse Square): Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Lying-in Room of a Distinguished Turkish Woman: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Wedding Procession on the Bosphorus: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Patrona Halil: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Murder of Patrona Halil and his Fellow Rebels: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Water Reservoirs, the so-called Bends, in Belgrade Forest: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Entry of the French Ambassador into Venice in 1706: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Portrait of a Venetian Family with a Manservant Serving Coffee: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Cockatoo: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Pheasant: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Lidded vase with the Russian imperial arms: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Immaculate Conception (Joachim and Anna receiving the Virgin Mary from God the Father): Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Bust of Caroline of Ansbach, Queen of England: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Putto with a Dolphin: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Writing table: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Plantation in Suriname: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Adriaan Valckenier (1737-1741), Governor-General of the Dutch East India Company: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Portrait of the Van Lennep Family, a Merchant Family in Izmir: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Three Views of the Pearl River: Canton, Macao, Whampoa: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Nightlight in the form of a cat: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Armchair: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Soup plate with the arms of the Swellengrebel family: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Chandelier: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Poultry Seller: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Grocer's Shop: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Rape of Europa: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Summer: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Pair of candelabra: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Carpet with palmette, flower and fan motifs: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Commode and two cupboards: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Three Painted Wall Hangings of a Dutch landscape: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Desk: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Marie Fargues, the Painter's Wife: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Chimneypiece: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Writing and Dressing Table: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Writing Desk with Raised Back: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Writing table: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Tapestry with Roxane and Atalide: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Portrait of Isabel Parreño y Arce, Marquise of Llano: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Pier table and mirror: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Bust of a Laughing Faun: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Chimneypiece with a shepherd boy and girl and Paris and Oenone: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Portrait of Jan Pranger and an Enslaved Servant: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Portrait of Magtilda Muilman: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Box of the Dutch West India Company: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Bust of Prince William IV: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Portrait of William IV: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Snuffbox: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Two garden vases with the Four Seasons: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Self-portrait: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Johanna and the Jewish Merchants: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Wine cooler: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Wine fountain: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Still Life with Flowers: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • An Amsterdam Canal House Garden: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Longcase clock: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The End of the Battle of Dogger Bank: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Portrait of Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck and Catharina Nahuys with their Children: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Stadtholder Prince William V: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Bust of Pierre André de Suffren de Saint-Tropez: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Wine glass with the arms of the States-General and the flag of the United States: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Art Gallery of Josephus Augustinus Brentano: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Drawing Gallery of the Felix Meritis Society: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • January, with the Sign of Aquarius: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Metronome: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Miniature coffin: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The View from the Batavian Embassy in Paris: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • A Writer Trimming his Pen: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Secretary with Wedgwood plaques: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Nieuwe Kerk and the Town Hall on the Dam in Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Sint-Antoniuswaag in Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Morning Visit: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Woman Baking Pancakes: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Portrait of Aernout van Beeftingh, his Wife Jacoba Maria Boon and their Children: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Portrait of the Collector Josephus Augustinus Brentano: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Drawing Lesson: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Toilet mirror of Princess Marianne: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Carità educatrice (Charity the Educator): Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Tazza with a personification of Night: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Mantel clock 'Michelangelo': Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Secretary, commode and table: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Still Life with Game and a Greek Stele: Allegory of Autumn: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Shipwreck off a Rocky Coast: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Bookshop of Pieter Meijer Warnars on the Vijgendam: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Winter Landscape: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Self Portrait: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Raampoortje in Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Jan van Speyk Debating whether to Set Fire to the Gunpowder: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Jacob van Ruisdael Sketching a Watermill: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • A Frozen Canal near the River Maas: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Princess of Orange Visiting the Work-shop of Bartholomeus van der Helst: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Death of the Pharaoh's Firstborn Son: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Music cabinet and piano with a relic of St Cecilia: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Egyptian Widow: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Wall cabinet: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Carousel goblet: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Courtyard of a house in Cairo: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Kachi-kachi mountain, no. 5 in the series: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • My Lord Bag-o'-Rice, no. 15 in the series: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Javanese Court Officials: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Portrait of Raden Syarif Bustaman Saleh: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Portrait of a Wounded KNIL soldier: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Diorama of Government Square in Paramaribo: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Model of the island of Deshima: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Cup and Saucer with an Abolitionist Scene: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Portraits of Surinamese Girls: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Great Postal Route near Rajapolah: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Kemanglen Sugar Factory near Tegal, Java: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Piano Practice Interrupted: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Case with duelling pistols from Napoleon's carriage: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Portrait of William I, King of the Netherlands: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Portrait of Louis Napoleon, King of Holland: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Grand piano of Queen Hortense: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Banner carried at the head of the trophy convoy: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Standard kilogram: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Italian Landscape with Umbrella Pines: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Portrait of Hortense de Beauharnais: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Singel Bridge at the Paleisstraat in Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Girl in a White Kimono: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Yellow Riders (Horse Artillery): Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Children of the Sea: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • A Windmill on a Polder Waterway, Known as 'In the Month of July': Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Fishing Pinks in Breaking Waves: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • La Corniche near Monaco: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • On the Heath near Laren: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Truncated Windmill: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Shop Window: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Building Site in Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Atalanta and Meleager: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Cephalus tells Phocus about his dog Laelaps and the wild fox: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Armchair: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Chair: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Nautilus cup: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Still Life with Flowers in a Wan-Li Vase: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Self-Portrait: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Still Life with Flowers in a Glass: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Hercules Slaying the Centaur Eurytion: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Mercury: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Table clock in the shape of Atlas: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Jug in the shape of a war elephant: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Portrait of Rogier Le Witer: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Portrait of Magdalena de Cuyper: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Greyhound: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Wainscoting with chimneypiece, wall panels and a portico: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Meeting of Odysseus and Nausicaa: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • A Company in an Interior: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Ornamental cabinet with biblical motifs: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Book chest of Hugo de Groot: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Executioner's sword used to behead Oldenbarnevelt: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Two 'walking sticks' of Van Oldenbarnevelt: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Screaming Child, Stung by a Bee: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Rich Children, Poor Parents: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Portrait of Laurens Reael: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Three Regentesses and the House Mother of the Amsterdam Lepers' Asylum: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Departure of a Dignitary from Middelburg: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Portrait of a Goldsmith, Probably Bartholomeus Jansz van Assendelft: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Enjoying the Ice near a Town: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Fête Champêtre: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Emblematic Still Life with Flagon, Glass, Jug and Bridle: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • River valley: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Still Life with Fish, Sea Food and Flowers: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Summer: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Winter: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Decorated Painter's Box: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Cattle Ferry: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Elegant Couples Courting: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Flute: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Whale-oil Refinery near the Village of Smerenburg: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Portrait of Jan Valckenburgh and an Enslaved Servant: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Portrait of Dina Lems: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Pieter Cnoll, Cornelia van Nijenrode, their Daughters and Two Enslaved Servants: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Model of an East Indiaman: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Crown for the King of Ardra: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Porcelain and pepper from the VOC trading ship the Witte Leeuw: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Chest with nine porcelain bottles: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Trading Post of the Dutch East India Company in Hooghly, Bengal: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Castle of Batavia, seen from Kali Besar West: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • William I, Prince of Orange, called William the Silent: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Iconoclasm in a Church: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Dish engraved with the names of rebels: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Triton, Blowing on a Trumpet Shell: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Prometheus Being Chained by Vulcan: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Girl at the Mirror: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Democritus: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Ewer and basin with scenes of land and sea battles during the Eighty Years' War: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Battle of Gibraltar in 1607: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Kenau Simonsdr Hasselaer: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Company of Captain Dirck Jacobsz Rosecrans and Lieutenant Pauw, Amsterdam, 1588: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Portrait of a woman, probably Maria Trip: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Banquet at the Crossbowmen's Guild in Celebration of the Treaty of Münster: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Ratification of the Treaty of Münster: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Roemer with a poem to Constantijn Huygens: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Tobit and Anna with the Kid: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Old Woman Reading, Probably the Prophetess Anna: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Constantijn Huygens, Lord of Zuylichem: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Double Portrait of Mary Stuart and William II: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Ernest Casimir's Hat with a Bullet Hole: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Still Life with Books: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Landscape in Dutch Brazil: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Brazilian village: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Sugar Factory with Tower House: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Church Building in Brazil: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • A Young Woman Warming her Hands over a Brazier: Allegory of Winter: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Pan and Syrinx: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Pharaoh's Daughter Discovers Moses in the Rush Basket: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • A Bathing Nymph Taken by Surprise by a Satyr: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Dice Glass: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Windmill cup: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Puzzle jug: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Beaker: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Peasants in an Interior, known as 'The Skaters': Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Peasant Kermis: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Fishwife: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Figures before a Village Inn: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Travellers at Rest: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Bust of an elderly man with a caricature head: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Portrait of Duijfje van Gerwen: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Portrait of Jan van de Poll: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Gallant Company: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Interior of a Gothic Church: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Copy of The Night Watch: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Burgomaster of Delft and his Daughter: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Jolly Drinker: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Interior of the Church of St Bavo in Haarlem: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Still Life with a Silver Jug and a Porcelain Bowl: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • River Landscape with Riders: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Portrait of Feyntje van Steenkiste: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Tailor's Workshop: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Lutenist: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Self-portrait: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Frenzy, known as the Madhouse Woman: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Agneta Block (1629 to 1704), First Person in the Netherlands to Cultivate a Pineapple: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Honorary Medal Awarded by Frederick Henry to Piet Hein: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Beggars' Medal: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Capture of Breda with a Peat Barge: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Honorary Medal Awarded to Lourens Veijselaar, Survivor of the Gouden Buys Disaster: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Japanese koban with a stamp applied in Batavia: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • A Painter's Studio: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Portrait of Joseph Deutz: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Visiting the Sick: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Harbour at Sunrise: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Triton: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Paul healing a man who could not walk: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • After the Hunt: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Three Droves: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Lake of Zurich: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Three Regentesses of the Lepers' Asylum in Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Portrait of Andries Bicker: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Portrait of Gerard Andriesz Bicker: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Allegory on the French Invasion of 1672: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Portrait of Pieter de la Court: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Town Hall on Dam Square, Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Cupboard: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Tabletop: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Self-Portrait: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Allegory of the Sciences: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Candlestick: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Portrait of Johanna le Gillon: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • David Leeuw and Cornelia Hooft with their Children: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Rattle: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Dolls' house of Petronella Dunois: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Miniature parrot cage: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Miniature kitchen sink: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Portrait of Petronella Dunois: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Collector's cabinet: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Dish: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Bottle: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Flute glass with a portrait of William III: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Fishermen: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Acis and Galatea Listening to the Song of Polyphemus: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Table: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Cabinet: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Cabinet Decorated with Episodes from the Old Testament: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Oboe or shawm: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Battle of Terheide, 10 August 1653: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Portrait of Michiel de Ruyter: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Model for the Tomb Monument of Maerten Harpertsz Tromp: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Battle of the Medway: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • A Ship on the High Seas Caught by a Squall, Known as The Gust: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Cannon Shot: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Sea Battle between Cornelis Tromp and Sir Edward Spragg at Kijkduin: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Tomb of Michiel de Ruyter in the Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Michiel de Ruyter's Goblet: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Celestial Globe: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Faience violin: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Bust of King-Stadtholder William III: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Bust of Mary Stuart: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Dish with a Portrait of Prince William III as a Child: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Plaque with a Chinoiserie landscape and gilt details: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Two plaques from a column: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Louis XIV Crossing into the Netherlands at Lobith: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Selene and Endymion: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Cabinet with Inlaid Flower Vases: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Orpheus charming the beasts: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Cows in a meadow near a farm: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Drawbridge: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Landscape with Sandy Path beside a River: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Interior of the Oude Kerk in Delft, with a Trompe l'Oeil Curtain: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Interior of a Protestant, Gothic Church, with a Gravedigger in the Choir: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Interior of a Protestant, Gothic Church during a Service: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Breach of the Saint Anthony's Dike near Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Portrait of Pieter Schout on Horseback: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Mars: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Job on the Dung Heap: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Skull with case: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Beggar with Crutches and a Wooden Leg: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Cabinet: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Sick Child: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • The Hunter's Present: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Man Smoking a Pipe: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Portrait of Helena van der Schalcke: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Memorial Portrait of Moses ter Borch: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Vanitas Still Life: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • A Bowl of Strawberries on a Stone Plinth: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Shells on a Stone Plinth: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Portrait of Maria van Oosterwijck: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • A Seated Monkey: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Seven Chicks: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Sideboard: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Oostzijdse Mill along the River Gein by Moonlight: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • View of Zoutelande: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain
  • Self-Portrait with Flowers: Rijksmuseum, Public Domain

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