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A Pelican and other Birds near a…
Melchior d'Hondecoeter, c. 1680, painting, SK-A-175
Melchior d’Hondecoeter specialised in depicting birds. Here he painted a pelican, various ducks, a cassowary (left), a flamingo and an African crested crane. D’Hondecoeter was commissioned to paint the work by Stadholder William III and his wife Mary. It was intended for Het Loo palace, where…
On display in room 2.22
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
Interior of the Sint-Odulphuskerk…
Pieter Jansz Saenredam, 1649, painting, SK-C-217
Once a Catholic church, St Odulphus’s passed into Protestant hands at the start of the Dutch Revolt against Spain. The artist shows a service taking place. Worshippers are listening to the preacher on the right in the pulpit. Sermons are the main feature of a Protestant service. Saenredam came…
On display in room 2.14
Madonna of Humility
Fra Angelico, c. 1440, painting, SK-A-3011
On display in room 0.2
Regents of the…
Cornelis Troost, 1729, painting, SK-C-87
The Egg Dance
Pieter Aertsen, 1552, painting, SK-A-3
On display in room 0.6
Battle of Gibraltar in 1607
Cornelis Claesz van Wieringen, c. 1621, painting, SK-A-2163
On display in room 2.1
Figures in a Courtyard behind a…
Pieter de Hooch, c. 1663 - c. 1665, painting, SK-C-150
On display in Gallery of Honour
Venus and Adonis
Bartholomeus Spranger, c. 1585 - c. 1590, painting, SK-A-3888
On display in room 2.1
The Tailor’s Workshop
Quiringh Gerritsz. van Brekelenkam, 1661 - 1662, painting, SK-C-112