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The Battle of Waterloo
Jan Willem Pieneman, 1824, painting, SK-A-1115
Emperor Napoleon met his final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. This painting – the largest at the Rijksmuseum – shows the moment when the tide turned: the British general Wellington hears that the Prussian army is approaching. Victory, and an end to twenty years of war, is at hand. The…
On display in room 1.12
River Landscape with Riders
Aelbert Cuyp, c. 1653 - 1657, painting, SK-A-4118
Travellers are resting their horses in a sun-soaked river landscape. To judge from their orange shawls, they seem to be Dutch army officers. Cuyp saw these steep hills when he travelled along the River Rhine between Nijmegen and Cleves. It was probably the sketches he drew there that formed the…
On display in Gallery of Honour
Woman in a Large Hat
Caesar van Everdingen, c. 1645 - c. 1650, painting, SK-A-5005
This woman with her wide sunhat and seductive, bared shoulder is similar to the enticing shepherdesses that often appear in Dutch paintings. She proffers a small basket of fruit to the viewer in an unmistakably erotic gesture. The picture was originally intended to be displayed high on a wall, above…
On display in room 2.11
Paul healing a man who could not…
Karel du Jardin, 1663, painting, SK-A-4922
On display in room 2.17
The Castle of Batavia
Andries Beeckman, c. 1662, painting, SK-A-19
On display in room 2.9
Cimon and Pero
Peter Paul Rubens (workshop of), c. 1635, painting, SK-A-345
Assault on the Town of Coevorden,…
Pieter Wouwerman, 1672 - 1682, painting, SK-A-486
Spanish Warhorse
Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1603, painting, SK-A-4255
Fishing Pinks in Breaking Waves
Hendrik Willem Mesdag, c. 1875 - c. 1885, painting, SK-A-2670
On display in room 1.18