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Dolls’ house of Petronella Oortman

anonymous, c. 1686 - c. 1710, furniture, BK-NM-1010

The exterior of this dolls house is a work of art in its own right, with its mother-of-pearl and pewter veneer. The owners’ initials - Petronella Oortman and her husband Johannes Brandt, a cloth merchant in Amsterdam - are inlaid on both sides. Remarkably, all the domestic furnishings were made…

On display in room 2.20

Diorama of a Du, Dance Celebration…

Gerrit Schouten, 1830, NG-2005-24

The scene in the dance tent is a ‘du’, a role-play event with music and dancing, held once every year on the plantations. Both players and audience were slaves. The main character was the ‘Afrankeri’, the narrator, left. The man in the red suit on the right is playing the king. Europeans in Suriname…

On display in room 1.17

Archiefkast van de Staten Generaal

anonymous, 1600 - 1699, furniture, BK-16464

Cabinet

anonymous, c. 1700 - c. 1705, furniture, BK-1979-21

On display in room 2.22

Acehnese Shield

anonymous, before 1877, shield, NG-NM-11552-86

Diorama of Government Square in…

Gerrit Schouten, 1812, NG-412

On display in room 1.17

Kamerschermen Vroege lente

Unkoku (school of), c. 1630 - c. 1660, AK-MAK-1464-A

Portret van een man

anonymous, 1665 - 1685, miniature (painting), SK-A-4203

Portret van een onbekende zittende…

unknown, c. 1855 - c. 1870, photograph, RP-F-F14693-A

Portrait of Princes Maurits…

Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne, c. 1615 - c. 1625, drawing, SK-A-1776