The support consists of two horizontally grained oak planks (24 and 26.8 cm). The panel has been thinned down to a thickness of 0.3-0.4 cm, and is cradled. The remains of bevels are present on the ...

Commissioned by the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague; 1 1 J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, p. 173. transferred ...

Few artists were as prolific as Jan van Goyen (1596-1656). This Leiden-born artist had various teachers from a young age, but it was ultimately the landscape painter Esaias van de Velde who influenced ...

Haarlem-born Jacob van Ruisdael (c. 1628-1682) started painting early in life. He was greatly influenced by his father, and even more so by his uncle, the artist Salomon van Ruysdael.

1:21 min. - Herengracht under construction, with some still vacant lots ...

1:11 min. - Do you see the miller on the balcony?

Putting The Night Watch in your presentation? Or The Milkmaid in your lobby? Order beautiful images of masterpieces for free and bring the Rijksmuseum home. Images of most (not all) artworks in the ...

1:35 min. - A family gathering that has gotten out of hand.

We welcome you every day between 9 and 5h at Museumstraat 1 in Amsterdam. Admission is free up to 19 years of age, but it is already fun from the age of 4.

1:11 min. - Take a closer look at these 200 figures having fun on the ice ...