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Portrait of a Girl Dressed in Blue
Johannes Cornelisz. Verspronck, 1641, painting, SK-A-3064
What made this such a popular portrait? That it shows a pretty child dressed in her finest clothes? As was usual at the time, the girl actually has an adult appearance. Her facial expression is all that shows she is playing the role. Unfortunately, we no longer know who she was.
On display in Gallery of Honour
Woman Reading a Letter
Johannes Vermeer, c. 1663, painting, SK-C-251
In a quiet, private moment, a young woman stands, engrossed in reading a letter. It is morning, and she is still wearing her blue nightrobe. All the other colours are subordinate to its radiant lapis lazuli; yellow and red hardly make an appearance. Vermeer rendered the different effects of the cool…
On display in Gallery of Honour
Figures in a Courtyard behind a…
Pieter de Hooch, c. 1663 - c. 1665, painting, SK-C-150
On display in Gallery of Honour
Battle of Gibraltar in 1607
Cornelis Claesz van Wieringen, c. 1621, painting, SK-A-2163
On display in room 2.1
Still Life with Flowers in a Glass…
Rachel Ruysch, c. 1690 - c. 1720, painting, SK-A-354
On display in Gallery of Honour
Encounter during the Battle of…
Willem van de Velde (II), c. 1675, painting, SK-A-2393
On display in room 2.15
Dying Adonis
Hendrick Goltzius, 1609, painting, SK-A-1284
On display in room 2.1