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Banquet at the Crossbowmen’s Guild…
Bartholomeus van der Helst, 1648, painting, SK-C-2
Civic guards were the city’s militia. They were volunteers. In Amsterdam, each district had its own company with its own headquarters. In the 17th century, larger and grander buildings were built. Group portraits of the members lined the walls. In 1648, Van der Helst immortalised this Amsterdam…
On display in room 2.8
The Battle of Terheide
Willem van de Velde (I), 1657, painting, SK-A-1365
English ships blockaded the Dutch Republic’s harbours in 1653. While leading an attempt to break the blockade, the Dutch admiral Maarten Tromp was killed. His family commissioned this painting of his final battle to commemorate his death. It still has its original frame, featuring the heraldic arms…
On display in room 2.15
View of Olinda, Brazil
Frans Jansz Post, 1662, painting, SK-A-742
Tempted by Brazil’s sugar plantations, in the 1630s the Dutch captured much of Portugal’s colony on South America’s western coast. They were forced to withdraw in the 1650s. Frans Post went to Brazil from 1636 to 1644 to sketch and paint the country and its inhabitants. Back in the Netherlands, he…
On display in room 2.10
Battle between Dutch and Spanish…
Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom, in or after 1629, painting, SK-A-602
On display in room 2.1
The Grand Vizier Crossing the…
Jean Baptiste Vanmour, 1720 - 1737, painting, SK-A-1998
On display in room 1.3
Allegory on the French Invasion of…
Johannes van Wijckersloot, 1672, painting, SK-A-4910
On display in room 2.18
A Young Woman Warming her Hands…
Caesar van Everdingen, c. 1644 - c. 1648, painting, SK-A-4878
On display in room 2.11
Portrait of Rutger Jan…
Pierre Prud'hon, 1801 - 1802, painting, SK-A-3097
On display in room 1.10
Portrait of Petronella Dunois
Nicolaes Maes, 1677 - 1685, painting, SK-A-4889
On display in room 2.20
A Painter’s Studio
Michael Sweerts, c. 1646 - c. 1650, painting, SK-A-1957
On display in room 2.17