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Dolls’ house of Petronella Oortman
anonymous, c. 1686 - c. 1710, furniture, BK-NM-1010
The exterior of this dolls house is a work of art in its own right, with its mother-of-pearl and pewter veneer. The owners’ initials - Petronella Oortman and her husband Johannes Brandt, a cloth merchant in Amsterdam - are inlaid on both sides. Remarkably, all the domestic furnishings were made…
On display in room 2.20
Roemer with a poem to Constantijn…
anonymous, 1619, BK-1983-15
Anna Roemers Visscher engraved one of her own poems in a wineglass as a gift for Constantijn Huygens. The verse contains a complaint and an exhortation: her pen has dried up, her brain has rusted. She asks Huygens to fetch her some water from the Helicon – where the Muses live – so her ink will flow…
On display in room 2.8
Layette Cupboard
anonymous, c. 1660 - c. 1670, furniture, BK-1985-10
Flower, fruit and shell patterns are carved into the walnut veneer of this cupboard. It was designed to hold nappies (diapers) and babies’ clothes. Old inventories of lying-in rooms mention these cupboards. The Dutch term is: ‘luiermandskast’.
On display in room 2.19
Peter the Great, tsar of Russia
anonymous, 1700 - 1749, painting, SK-A-116
Portrait of a Little Boy, Possibly…
anonymous, 1604, painting, SK-A-956
Baluster jar with a seated woman…
anonymous, c. 1645 - c. 1660, pot, AK-NM-6462
Portrait of Shah Jahan
anonymous, c. 1630 - c. 1650, sculpture, AK-NM-12249
A Pair of Wedding Gloves
anonymous, 1622, BK-1978-48-A
Stern carving from the Royal…
anonymous, c. 1663 - c. 1664, stern decoration, NG-MC-239
On display in room 2.15