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Diorama of a Du, Dance Celebration…
Gerrit Schouten, 1830, NG-2005-24
The scene in the dance tent is a ‘du’, a role-play event with music and dancing, held once every year on the plantations. Both players and audience were slaves. The main character was the ‘Afrankeri’, the narrator, left. The man in the red suit on the right is playing the king. Europeans in Suriname…
On display in room 1.17
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
Javaanse hoffunctionarissen
anonymous, c. 1820 - c. 1870, painting, NG-2010-41
Clothes make the man, so too in Indonesia. These are not actual portraits, but types. In addition to revealing the region these men come from, the meticulously painted clothes and batik motifs also provide information about their rank and status. These proud, confident figures are unusual: in…
On display in room 1.17
Bust of Saint Frederick
Elias Scerpswert, 1362, reliquary, BK-NM-11450
On display in room 0.1
Bust of King-Stadtholder William…
De Metaale Pot (attributed to), c. 1695 - c. 1700, bust, BK-NM-12400-93
On display in room 2.22
Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine…
Jean-Etienne Liotard, 1749, drawing, SK-A-238
Justice
Artus Quellinus (I), 1650 - 1651, sculpture, BK-AM-51-5
On display in room 2.18
Altarpiece with the Virgin and…
Benedetto Buglioni, 1502, BK-16978
On display in room 0.5
Allegory of the Sciences
Gerard de Lairesse, c. 1675 - c. 1683, painting, SK-A-4177
On display in room 2.19