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Ten weepers from the tomb of…
Borman workshop (attributed to), Renier van Thienen (I) (attributed to), c. 1475 - c. 1476, tomb figure, BK-AM-33-J
Isabella of Bourbon, wife of Charles the Bold, duke of Burgundy, Brabant and Limburg and count of Flanders, Holland and Zeeland, died in 1465. He had a superb tomb made for her at St Michiel’s Abbey in Antwerp. Around it stood 24 figures of grieving relatives and ancestors - called weepers. They…
On display in room 0.4
Table ornament
Wenzel Jamnitzer, 1549, table piece, BK-17040-A
This receptacle stood on the table on special occasions. Although it was never used for food, since it was far too precious. It was made for the city of Nuremberg in 1549 by Wenzel Jamnitzer, then a world-famous silversmith. Jamnitzer produced incredibly intricate work using a new method. All the…
On display in room 2.3
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
Twee toiletkoffers
André-Charles Boulle (attributed to), c. 1685 - c. 1690, BK-2009-255-1
These magnificent showpieces were made by Europe’s most celebrated cabinetmaker: André-Charles Boulle. He probably made them for Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé who gave them to his daughter Marie-Thérèse when she married. The boxes have lids so they can be used for storage, although that is…
On display in room 2.23
Ritual bell
anonymous, after -482, musical instrument, AK-MAK-9
On display in Asian pavilion, room 2
Three-headed Vishnu
anonymous, anonymous, c. 750 - c. 825, sculpture, AK-RAK-1990-3
On display in Asian pavilion, room 1
Interior of the Church of St Bavo…
Pieter Jansz Saenredam, 1636, painting, SK-A-359
On display in Gallery of Honour
Drip-filter coffee pot
Fa. Diemont, 1816, BK-1978-126
On display in room 1.14
The Resurrection of Christ
Paulus Willemsz. van Vianen, 1605, BK-1959-14
On display in room 2.3