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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

Vouwwaaier met blad van papier…

anonymous, c. 1765 - c. 1780, BK-1978-315-A

Art cabinet

anonymous, c. 1627 - c. 1630, furniture, BK-NM-7325

On display in room 2.3

Diorama of Government Square in…

Gerrit Schouten, 1812, NG-412

On display in room 1.17

Cabinet

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

On display in room 2.22

Album met voorstellingen van tulpen

Jacob Marrel, 1637 - 1645, RP-T-1950-266

Archiefkast van de Staten Generaal

anonymous, 1600 - 1699, furniture, BK-16464

Kamerschermen Vroege lente

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

Model of the island of Deshima

anonymous, 1850 - 1851, maquette, NG-721

On display in room 1.17