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Winter Landscape with Ice Skaters
Hendrick Avercamp, c. 1608, painting, SK-A-1718
Hendrick Avercamp turned the winter landscape into a subject in its own right. A typical feature of his early work is the high horizon. This enabled Avercamp to focus on the dozens of figures on the ice. He showed all kinds of uncouth details in this bird’s-eye view, including couples making love…
On display in room 2.6
Portrait of a Woman, Possibly Maria…
Rembrandt van Rijn, 1639, painting, SK-C-597
Maria Trip, daughter of one of Amsterdam’s wealthiest merchants, was twenty when Rembrandt painted her portrait. The artist placed Maria against a stone arch and devoted particular attention to the reflected light, the fashionable dress and jewellery. The costly garments are trimmed with strips of…
On display in room 2.8
The Merry Fiddler
Gerard van Honthorst, 1623, painting, SK-A-180
On display in room 2.1
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
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
Louis XIV Crossing into the…
Adam Frans van der Meulen, 1672 - 1690, painting, SK-A-3753
On display in room 2.22
Memorial Portrait of Moses ter…
Gerard ter Borch (II), Gesina ter Borch, 1667 - 1669, painting, SK-A-4908
On display in room 2.15
A Ship on the High Seas Caught by a…
Willem van de Velde (II), c. 1680, painting, SK-A-1848
On display in room 2.15
Landscape with an old oak
Adriaen van Ostade, c. 1639 - c. 1641, painting, SK-A-4093
On display in room 2.6
Boatmen Moored on the Shore of an…
Adam Pijnacker, 1650 - 1670, painting, SK-A-321
On display in room 2.17