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The Sampling Officials of the…
Rembrandt van Rijn, 1662, painting, SK-C-6
Samplers checked the quality of dyed cloth. Here Rembrandt shows them at work, distracted for a moment and looking up. One syndic is about to sit, or stand, so not all the heads are at the same level. A clever trick which, with the confident brushwork and subtle use of light, make this one of the…
On display in Gallery of Honour
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
Self-portrait as the Apostle Paul
Rembrandt van Rijn, 1661, painting, SK-A-4050
Here, Rembrandt is about 55. In this portrait he represents St Paul, the apostle, identified by his usual attributes: a manuscript and a sword, of which the hilt extends from under the cloak. The self portrait is typical of Rembrandt’s late style of painting: he used the paint structure in the…
On display in Gallery of Honour
Marten Soolmans
Rembrandt van Rijn, 1634, painting, SK-A-5033
Oopjen Coppit
Rembrandt van Rijn, 1634, painting, SK-C-1768
Johannes Wtenbogaert
Rembrandt van Rijn, 1633, painting, SK-A-4885
On display in room 2.8
Rembrandt’s Son Titus in a Monk’s…
Rembrandt van Rijn, 1660, painting, SK-A-3138
On display in Gallery of Honour
Salome ontvangt het hoofd van…
Rembrandt van Rijn (circle of), c. 1640 - c. 1645, painting, SK-A-91
Still Life with Peacocks
Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1639, painting, SK-A-3981
On display in Gallery of Honour
The Denial of St Peter
Rembrandt van Rijn, 1660, painting, SK-A-3137