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A Windmill on a Polder Waterway,…
Paul Joseph Constantin Gabriël, c. 1889, painting, SK-A-1505
‘Our country is colourful, juicy, fat. (...) I repeat, our country is not dull, not even in dull weather, the dunes are not dull either’, Constant Gabriël wrote in a letter. Unlike many artists of the Hague School, he preferred painting fine summer days. Here there are two: the grass, sky and…
On display in room 1.18
Woman in a Large Hat
Caesar van Everdingen, c. 1645 - c. 1650, painting, SK-A-5005
This woman with her wide sunhat and seductive, bared shoulder is similar to the enticing shepherdesses that often appear in Dutch paintings. She proffers a small basket of fruit to the viewer in an unmistakably erotic gesture. The picture was originally intended to be displayed high on a wall, above…
On display in room 2.11
Javaanse hoffunctionarissen
anonymous, c. 1820 - c. 1870, painting, NG-2010-41
Clothes make the man, so too in Indonesia. These are not actual portraits, but types. In addition to revealing the region these men come from, the meticulously painted clothes and batik motifs also provide information about their rank and status. These proud, confident figures are unusual: in…
On display in room 1.17
Diorama of Government Square in…
Gerrit Schouten, 1812, NG-412
On display in room 1.17
The bodhisattva Maitreya
anonymous, c. 200 - c. 300, sculpture, AK-MAK-1188
On display in Asian pavilion, room 1
Nautilus cup
Joachim Hiller, c. 1600, BK-1958-44
On display in room 2.3
Pear-shaped vase with ornamental…
anonymous, c. 1700 - c. 1724, vase, AK-RBK-1960-5-A
Klapmuts bowl with two figures in a…
anonymous, c. 1600 - c. 1624, bowl, AK-RBK-15799-G
Klapmuts bowl with a butterfly near…
anonymous, c. 1600 - c. 1649, bowl, AK-RBK-15798-N
View of the Pearl River with the…
anonymous, 1771, hanging scroll, NG-1052