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Portraits of Giuliano and Francesco…

Piero di Cosimo, 1482 - 1485, painting, SK-C-1368

This diptych shows a leading Florentine architect, Giuliano da Sangallo with his late father Francesco, also an architect and a musician. These are early examples of portraits in which the subject’s profession plays a key role. Here a pen and dividers suggest architecture, a melody in note form…

On display in room 0.5

Chest with nine bottles

anonymous, c. 1680 - c. 1700, chest, NG-444

The box was probably made in Batavia (Jakarta). The bottles are from Japan. They would have been used for expensive spice oils to prepare food, perfumes or medicines. Representatives of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) would present these as gifts to Asian potentates.

On display in room 2.9

The Milkmaid

Johannes Vermeer, c. 1660, painting, SK-A-2344

A maid concentrates keenly as she pours milk from a jug. It is a quiet, tranquil scene. The only movement is the flow of milk. Vermeer turned a simple composition of a prosaic subject into an intense work of art. It is in the rendering of light that Vermeer truly excelled, painting tiny dots for…

On display in Gallery of Honour

FK 23 Bantam

Frits Koolhoven, 1918, NG-2011-1

The F.K. 23 Bantam was developed in 1917 by Dutch aviation pioneer Frederick Koolhoven, then working as chief designer at British Aerial Transport Company. The biplane was intended as a fighter for the nascent Royal Air Force in the First World War. This craft was shown in 1919 at the First Aviation…

On display in room 3.2

Nautilus cup

Joachim Hiller, c. 1600, BK-1958-44

On display in room 2.3

Plaque with an Italianate Landscape

Frederik van Frytom (attributed to), c. 1670 - c. 1700, BK-NM-475

On display in room 2.22

Honorary Medal Awarded by Frederick…

anonymous, 1629, medal, NG-1983-16-A

On display in room 2.16

Selene and Endymion

Gerard de Lairesse, c. 1680, painting, SK-A-4210

On display in room 2.22

Dish with a Portrait of Prince…

anonymous, 1658, plate (dishes), BK-NM-3133

On display in room 2.22

Pendant in the form of a cock

anonymous, c. 1590 - c. 1610, pendant (jewelry), BK-NM-7459

On display in room 0.9