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Portrait of Don Ramón Satué

Francisco de Goya, 1823, painting, SK-A-2963

Goya was well-known as a court-painter and for his idiosyncratic prints. He had already turned 76 when he painted this powerful portrait. Don Ramón was a judge in the highest tribunal of Castile. The casual pose and open collar have an informality Goya usually reserves for the portraits of his most…

On display in room 1.13

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…

The Massacre of the Innocents

Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem, 1590, painting, SK-A-128

On display in room 2.1

Worship of the Golden Calf

Lucas van Leyden, c. 1530, painting, SK-A-3841

On display in room 0.6

The Sick Child

Gabriël Metsu, c. 1664 - c. 1666, painting, SK-A-3059

A worried mother looks at her young daughter, slumped listlessly on her lap. Metsu chose an unusual subject, since depictions of poorly children are rare in 17th-century art. Perhaps he intended the mother to personify charity, Caritas. Then the picture of the Crucifixion on the wall would be a…

Square Man

Karel Appel, 1951, painting, SK-A-5002

The square man squeezes with difficulty into this square canvas. He seems to squint slightly with his red and green eyes and his blue mouth gapes open. The head is too big, the body is too small, and the arms and legs are too short, yet with his fiercely coloured body and his ponderous genitals, he…

On display in room 3.3

The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers

Jan de Baen (attributed to), c. 1672 - c. 1675, painting, SK-A-15

On display in room 2.18

Portrait of Pieter van Son (c.…

Nicolaes Eliasz Pickenoy (attributed to), c. 1622 - c. 1629, painting, SK-A-4956

Self-portrait

Cornelis Troost, 1739, painting, SK-A-4225

On display in room 1.1

Saint Jerome in his Study by…

Aertgen Claesz van Leyden (attributed to), c. 1520 - c. 1530, painting, SK-A-3903