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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
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
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
The Massacre of the Innocents
Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem, 1590, painting, SK-A-128
On display in room 2.1
The Castle of Batavia
Andries Beeckman, c. 1662, painting, SK-A-19
On display in room 2.9
Self-portrait
Jan Havicksz. Steen, c. 1670, painting, SK-A-383
On display in Gallery of Honour
Paul healing a man who could not…
Karel du Jardin, 1663, painting, SK-A-4922
On display in room 2.17
Fishing Pinks in Breaking Waves
Hendrik Willem Mesdag, c. 1875 - c. 1885, painting, SK-A-2670
On display in room 1.18
The Rapenburg in Leiden
Carel Lodewijk Hansen, 1807, painting, SK-A-3925
On display in room 1.12
Selene and Endymion
Gerard de Lairesse, c. 1680, painting, SK-A-4210
On display in room 2.22