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A Pelican and other Birds near a…
Melchior d'Hondecoeter, c. 1680, painting, SK-A-175
Melchior d’Hondecoeter specialised in depicting birds. Here he painted a pelican, various ducks, a cassowary (left), a flamingo and an African crested crane. D’Hondecoeter was commissioned to paint the work by Stadholder William III and his wife Mary. It was intended for Het Loo palace, where…
On display in room 2.22
A Windmill on a Polder Waterway,…
Paul Joseph Constantin Gabriël, c. 1889, painting, SK-A-1505
‘Our country is colourful, juicy, fat. (...) I repeat, our country is not dull, not even in dull weather, the dunes are not dull either’, Constant Gabriël wrote in a letter. Unlike many artists of the Hague School, he preferred painting fine summer days. Here there are two: the grass, sky and…
On display in room 1.18
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
Memorial Portrait of Moses ter…
Gerard ter Borch (II), Gesina ter Borch, 1667 - 1669, painting, SK-A-4908
On display in room 2.15
Encounter during the Battle of…
Willem van de Velde (II), c. 1675, painting, SK-A-2393
On display in room 2.15
View of the Gardens of Villa Medici
Michel-Martin Drolling, 1811 - 1816, painting, SK-A-5001
On display in room 1.12
Oostzijdse Mill along the River…
Piet Mondriaan, c. 1903, painting, SK-A-4987
On display in room 3.1
Cows in a Meadow near a Farm
Paulus Potter, 1653, painting, SK-A-711
On display in room 2.28
Rue Notre-Dame, Paris
Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1866, painting, SK-A-4996
On display in room 1.18