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The Singel Bridge at the…
George Hendrik Breitner, 1898, painting, SK-A-3580
Breitner often took photos when preparing a painting. Several preparatory photos for this painting are also known. The way the woman is walking directly towards us and the way the picture is cropped gives it a photographic feel. Originally, Breitner’s subject was a maid, but following the negative…
On display in room 1.18
Portrait of Don Ramón Satué
Francisco de Goya, 1823, painting, SK-A-2963
Goya was well-known as a court-painter and for his idiosyncratic prints. He had already turned 76 when he painted this powerful portrait. Don Ramón was a judge in the highest tribunal of Castile. The casual pose and open collar have an informality Goya usually reserves for the portraits of his most…
On display in room 1.13
Piano Practice Interrupted
Willem Bartel van der Kooi, 1813, painting, SK-A-1065
A native of Friesland, artist Van der Kooi specialised in painting children. The children in this painting are shown in a playful, spontaneous pose. It could almost be a snapshot. Yet appearances are deceptive. The artist arranged the children deliberately to form a triangular composition. And we no…
On display in room 1.12
Drip-filter coffee pot
Fa. Diemont, 1816, BK-1978-126
On display in room 1.14
Shipwreck off a Rocky Coast
Wijnand Nuijen, c. 1837, painting, SK-A-4644
On display in room 1.14
‘Arrangement in Yellow and Gray’:…
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, c. 1876 - c. 1878, painting, SK-A-1902
On display in room 1.18
The Rapenburg in Leiden
Carel Lodewijk Hansen, 1807, painting, SK-A-3925
On display in room 1.12
Winter Landscape
Barend Cornelis Koekkoek, 1835 - 1838, painting, SK-C-165
On display in room 1.14
Fishing Pinks in Breaking Waves
Hendrik Willem Mesdag, c. 1875 - c. 1885, painting, SK-A-2670
On display in room 1.18
Wall cabinet
Franz Xaver Fortner, 1844, furniture, BK-1996-15
On display in room 1.15