Following five years of intensive research and the re-stretching of the painting, today a team of eight Rijksmuseum conservators started removing the varnish from The Night Watch. This marks the ...

Een Hollandse stad vormt het decor voor een beeldverhaal dat laat zien hoe een goed christen hulpbehoevende mensen moet helpen. Christus staat in bijna elk tafereel tussen de toeschouwers. De scènes ...

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Notice the gazes of the wardens. They look straight at us. As if we just opened the door and interrupted their meeting. How did Rembrandt pull this off? Want to see the works in real life? Come visit ...

Of all the self-portraits in which Rembrandt depicts emotions, this one is probably the most engaging. He looks startled here, with pursed lips and wide-open eyes. You see him slightly from below, so ...

Coorte produced mostly small, intimate still lifes. Through their simple subjects – asparagus or berries – these modest paintings stand out in stark contrast to the sumptuous still lifes that were in ...

Make a print of your favourite detail Download this work and make your own creation Order a ready-made poster of this work Portret van Jan Cornelisz Meppel (1609-69), luitenant-admiraal van Holland en ...

Antonij (Anton) Mauve (1838-1888) was born in Zaandam. At 16, he went to Haarlem where he was apprenticed to Pieter Frederik van Os, a specialist in painting cattle, followed by Wouter Verschuur who ...

Even as an inexperienced young artist, Rembrandt did not shy away from experimenting. Here the light glances along his right cheek, while the rest of his face is veiled in shadow. It takes a while to ...

L'emblématique Rijksmuseum, situé au cœur d'Amsterdam, est l'une des choses à voir absolument si vous visitez les Pays-Bas. Plongez dans l'art et l'histoire des Pays-Bas avec des chefs-d'œuvre de ...

The Cuypers Library is the largest and oldest art historical library in the Netherlands. Visitors, students and art historians alike are welcome to use the library to delve deeper into the Rijksmuseum ...

The feast of St Nicholas takes place in December. In the Netherlands, it has been celebrated in the same way for centuries. Good children receive gifts from the saint. The little girl in the ...