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View of Houses in Delft, Known as…
Johannes Vermeer, c. 1658, painting, SK-A-2860
An unusual painting in Vermeer’s oeuvre: a few houses and a couple of people in a quiet street. Vermeer gave the scene a palpable sense of tension and balance. The old walls, worn bricks and white plaster are almost tangible. What part of Delft this shows is no longer known.
On display in Gallery of Honour
River Landscape with Riders
Aelbert Cuyp, c. 1653 - 1657, painting, SK-A-4118
Travellers are resting their horses in a sun-soaked river landscape. To judge from their orange shawls, they seem to be Dutch army officers. Cuyp saw these steep hills when he travelled along the River Rhine between Nijmegen and Cleves. It was probably the sketches he drew there that formed the…
On display in Gallery of Honour
Javaanse hoffunctionarissen
anonymous, c. 1820 - c. 1870, painting, NG-2010-38
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
Javanese Court Officials
anonymous, c. 1820 - c. 1870, painting, NG-2010-39
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
Prince Maurice at the Battle of…
Pauwels van Hillegaert, c. 1632 - c. 1640, painting, SK-A-664
The Raampoortje in Amsterdam
Wouter Johannes van Troostwijk, 1809, painting, SK-C-1535
On display in room 1.14
Assault on the Town of Coevorden,…
Pieter Wouwerman, 1672 - 1682, painting, SK-A-486
The Castle of Batavia
Andries Beeckman, c. 1662, painting, SK-A-19
On display in room 2.9
The Dairy Cow: The Dutch Provinces,…
anonymous, c. 1633 - c. 1639, painting, SK-A-2684
Fishing Pinks in Breaking Waves
Hendrik Willem Mesdag, c. 1875 - c. 1885, painting, SK-A-2670
On display in room 1.18