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View of Houses in Delft, Known as…

Johannes Vermeer, c. 1658, painting, SK-A-2860

An unusual painting in Vermeer’s oeuvre: a few houses and a couple of people in a quiet street. Vermeer gave the scene a palpable sense of tension and balance. The old walls, worn bricks and white plaster are almost tangible. What part of Delft this shows is no longer known.

On display in Gallery of Honour

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