and his fiancee Oopjen Coppit
entering the Night Watch Hall
the Milkmaid from Johannes Vermeer (1659)
Lucas van der Leyden painted the Last Judgement in 1526. This altarpiece from Leiden is on temporary display
in the Great Hall
Jan Veth painted his sisters Cornelia, Clara and Johanna in 1885
Donkey rides on the beach by Isaac Israels, around 1900
the Girl in a White Kimono from Breitner (1894)
the Merry Family from Jan Steen (1668)
the Jewish Bride from Rembrandt (1667)
The
Rijksmuseum is the National Museum of the Netherlands.
Since its creation in 1800, the museum was housed in several locations in The
Hague, Haarlem and Amsterdam.
Finally, in 1885 the Rijksmuseum was opened in a dedicated building, designed by
Pierre Cuypers and
located at the Museum square in Amsterdam. Over time several modifications and additions took place which dilluted the original
design.
In 2003 a major restoration started. When finished in 2013 it had cost 375 M Euros and had taken 5 years longer then
planned.
The museum has a very large collection, among them many paintings from world known artists like Rembrandt,
Frans Hals, Jan Steen and others from the Dutch Golden Age. But there are also paintings from Van Gogh and other impressionists.
We visited the Rijksmuseum in September 2016 to see the newly acquired
Marten
and Oopjen wedding portraits by Rembrandt.
The Rijksmuseum, a bike path runs right through it.
inside the atrium
Rembrandt painted himself as the apostle Paul in 1661
Rembrandt painted Marten Soolmans in 1634
Selfportrait of Vincent van Gogh (1887)
the restored Night Watch from 1642
