Of all the self-portraits in which Rembrandt depicts emotions, this one is probably the most engaging. He looks startled here, with pursed lips and wide-open eyes. You see him slightly from below, so ...

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A servant bringing a letter temporarily interrupts a meeting. The other five men are the regents of the Amsterdam Spinhuis, the female house of correction. The women imprisoned there for theft or ...

Lucas van Leyden (1494–1533) was the son of artist Hugo Jacobsz of Leiden. He was apprenticed first in his father's studio, and later to the painter Cornelis Engebrechtsz. Van Leyden’s development as ...

Make a print of your favourite detail Download this work and make your own creation Order a ready-made poster of this work De ketelschuurster. In een bijkeuken schuurt een jonge meid een tinnen kan op ...

Make a print of your favourite detail Download this work and make your own creation Order a ready-made poster of this work Tijdens de Slag bij Cadiz op 1 juli 1596 verenigden de Hollanders en Engelsen ...

Coorte produced mostly small, intimate still lifes. Through their simple subjects – asparagus or berries – these modest paintings stand out in stark contrast to the sumptuous still lifes that were in ...

Het 18de-eeuwse Raampoortje bevond zich in de Amsterdamse stadswal, ter hoogte van de Bloemgracht. Het poortje gaf toegang tot de bleekvelden buiten de muur, waar geverfde stoffen te drogen werden ...

Even as an inexperienced young artist, Rembrandt did not shy away from experimenting. Here the light glances along his right cheek, while the rest of his face is veiled in shadow. It takes a while to ...

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The Cuypers Library is the largest and oldest art historical library in the Netherlands. Visitors, students and art historians alike are welcome to use the library to delve deeper into the Rijksmuseum ...