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The Art Gallery of Jan…
Adriaan de Lelie, 1794 - 1795, painting, SK-A-4100
In 1792, Gildemeester, a merchant, turned two large rooms at his house on Amsterdam’s Herengracht into an art gallery. Here he stands proudly at the centre of the front room, speaking with one of his guests. Visitors are examining famous paintings, including a Rembrandt - above Gildemeester’s head.…
On display in room 1.10
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
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
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
The Raampoortje in Amsterdam
Wouter Johannes van Troostwijk, 1809, painting, SK-C-1535
On display in room 1.14
View of The Hague from the Delftse…
Cornelis Springer, 1852, painting, SK-A-4870
Wooded View near Barbizon
Johan Hendrik Weissenbruch, 1900, painting, SK-A-1923
The Whale-oil Refinery near the…
Cornelis de Man, 1639, painting, SK-A-2355
On display in room 2.9
The Coach of Mangkoe Nagoro IV
Pieter Alardus Haaxman, c. 1870, painting, SK-A-4968
Winter Landscape
Barend Cornelis Koekkoek, 1835 - 1838, painting, SK-C-165
On display in room 1.14