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The Night Watch

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1642, painting, SK-C-5

Rembrandt’s largest, most famous canvas was made for the Arquebusiers guild hall. This was one of several halls of Amsterdam’s civic guard, the city’s militia and police. Rembrandt was the first to paint figures in a group portrait actually doing something. The captain, dressed in black, is…

On display in Nightwatch gallery

Girl in a White Kimono

George Hendrik Breitner, 1894, painting, SK-A-3584

Inspired by Japanese prints, Breitner painted at least twelve versions of this girl in a white kimono around 1894. Each time, her pose is different and the kimono is a different colour. Here the embroidered white silk kimono with red trimmed sleeves and orange belt are what draw our attention. The…

On display in room 1.18

The Singel Bridge at the…

George Hendrik Breitner, 1898, painting, SK-A-3580

Breitner often took photos when preparing a painting. Several preparatory photos for this painting are also known. The way the woman is walking directly towards us and the way the picture is cropped gives it a photographic feel. Originally, Breitner’s subject was a maid, but following the negative…

On display in room 1.18

Marten Soolmans

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1634, painting, SK-A-5033

Oopjen Coppit

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1634, painting, SK-C-1768

Shop Window

Isaac Israels, 1894, painting, SK-A-3592

On display in room 1.18

Portrait of Jan Valckenburgh and an…

Daniel Vertangen, c. 1660, painting, SK-A-4969

On display in room 2.9

View of Tunis

Reinier Nooms, 1662 - 1668, painting, SK-A-1397

Six Putti with Flowers and Fruit…

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1782, painting, SK-A-3921

Lunchtime at the Building Site on…

George Hendrik Breitner, 1897, painting, SK-A-3581