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Mantelpiece with relief of Paris…

Jan Baptist Xavery, 1739, BK-1995-3

This chimneypiece was made for the main hall of the house at Rapenburg 48 in Leiden, where Baron Diederik van Leyden lived. Xavery also designed a marble relief for over the doors, and a decorative sculpture for the ceiling. This included a large painting by Jacob de Wit. Tapestries from Brussels…

On display in room 1.2

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