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The Night Watch

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1642, painting, SK-C-5

Rembrandt’s largest, most famous canvas was made for the Arquebusiers guild hall. This was one of several halls of Amsterdam’s civic guard, the city’s militia and police. Rembrandt was the first to paint figures in a group portrait actually doing something. The captain, dressed in black, is…

On display in Nightwatch gallery

Girl in a White Kimono

George Hendrik Breitner, 1894, painting, SK-A-3584

Inspired by Japanese prints, Breitner painted at least twelve versions of this girl in a white kimono around 1894. Each time, her pose is different and the kimono is a different colour. Here the embroidered white silk kimono with red trimmed sleeves and orange belt are what draw our attention. The…

Trix is ook niks niks

anonymous, 1980, button, NG-1980-42-11-D

Inhuldiging van koningin Beatrix,…

anonymous, 1980, button, NG-1980-42-11-C

Hakan houdt pauze tijdens het werk

Justin Jin, 2004, documentary photographs, NG-2004-41-41