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Children of the Sea
Jozef Israëls, 1872, painting, SK-A-2382
This delightful scene contains a moral. These children from a poor fishing village with their shabby clothes and broken toys, are playing out their own future. The oldest boy carries the burden of his family on his shoulders, while the boat represents the harsh life at sea. Jozef Israëls first…
On display in room 1.18
A Windmill on a Polder Waterway,…
Paul Joseph Constantin Gabriël, c. 1889, painting, SK-A-1505
‘Our country is colourful, juicy, fat. (...) I repeat, our country is not dull, not even in dull weather, the dunes are not dull either’, Constant Gabriël wrote in a letter. Unlike many artists of the Hague School, he preferred painting fine summer days. Here there are two: the grass, sky and…
On display in room 1.18
Javaanse hoffunctionarissen
anonymous, c. 1820 - c. 1870, painting, NG-2010-41
Clothes make the man, so too in Indonesia. These are not actual portraits, but types. In addition to revealing the region these men come from, the meticulously painted clothes and batik motifs also provide information about their rank and status. These proud, confident figures are unusual: in…
On display in room 1.17
Morning Ride along the Beach
Anton Mauve, 1876, painting, SK-A-3602
On display in room 1.18
Jan van Speijk steekt de lont in…
Jacobus Schoemaker Doyer, 1831 - 1850, painting, SK-C-222
Ducks’ Nests
Paul Joseph Constantin Gabriël, c. 1890 - c. 1900, painting, SK-A-2983
Landscape with a Thunderstorm…
Willem Roelofs (I), 1850, painting, SK-A-4868
Storm in the Strait of Dover
Louis Meijer, 1819 - 1866, painting, SK-A-1079
Houses on the Prins Hendrikkade,…
Jacob Maris, 1899, painting, SK-A-2472
The Artist George Jan Hendrik…
Theo Hanrath, 1872, painting, SK-A-4886