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Seated Cupid

Étienne-Maurice Falconet, 1757, sculpture, BK-1963-101

This famous statue already had many nicknames in the 18th century. Perhaps the best known is l’amour menaçant - menacing love. The menace is mainly in the love god’s expression, while his gesture makes us complicit, through silence. The statue was carved for Madame de Pompadour, mistress of Louis XV…

On display in room 1.9

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

Insects and Fruit

Jan van Kessel (I), c. 1653 - c. 1661, painting, SK-A-793

Wall cabinet

Franz Xaver Fortner, 1844, furniture, BK-1996-15

On display in room 1.15

Casket

anonymous, c. 1560 - c. 1600, BK-17523

On display in room 2.3

Table

Pieter de Loose, 1689, furniture, BK-1962-49

On display in room 2.23

Stadtholder Prince Maurice Lying in…

Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne, c. 1625, painting, SK-A-446

Crown for the King of Ardra

anonymous, c. 1664, jewellery, NG-NM-816-A

On display in room 2.9

Still Life with Flowers in a Wan-Li…

Ambrosius Bosschaert, 1619, painting, SK-A-1522

On display in room 2.3

Still Life with Flowers in a Glass

Jan Brueghel (I), c. 1602, painting, SK-A-2102

On display in room 2.3