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Dolls’ house of Petronella Oortman
anonymous, c. 1686 - c. 1710, furniture, BK-NM-1010
The exterior of this dolls house is a work of art in its own right, with its mother-of-pearl and pewter veneer. The owners’ initials - Petronella Oortman and her husband Johannes Brandt, a cloth merchant in Amsterdam - are inlaid on both sides. Remarkably, all the domestic furnishings were made…
On display in room 2.20
The Sick Child
Gabriël Metsu, c. 1664 - c. 1666, painting, SK-A-3059
A worried mother looks at her young daughter, slumped listlessly on her lap. Metsu chose an unusual subject, since depictions of poorly children are rare in 17th-century art. Perhaps he intended the mother to personify charity, Caritas. Then the picture of the Crucifixion on the wall would be a…
A Mother Delousing her Child’s…
Pieter de Hooch, c. 1660 - c. 1661, painting, SK-C-149
A mother is inspecting her child’s hair for lice. They are in a sober Dutch interior, with Delft blue tiles and a bedstead. The chair on the right is a children’s toilet, with a built-in chamber pot. Through the door we see the back room, and catch a glimpse of the garden. These views into the…
The Love Letter
Johannes Vermeer, c. 1669 - c. 1670, painting, SK-A-1595
On display in Gallery of Honour
Gebed voor de maaltijd
Claes Jansz. Visscher (II), 1609, print, RP-P-1889-A-14266
Self-portrait
Cornelis Troost, 1739, painting, SK-A-4225
On display in room 1.1
Interior with Women beside a Linen…
Pieter de Hooch, 1663, painting, SK-C-1191
On display in Gallery of Honour
Portrait of Machteld Muilman
Frans van der Mijn, c. 1745 - c. 1747, painting, SK-A-2249
On display in room 1.5
Fotoreproductie van een schilderij…
George Hendrik Breitner (possibly), after George Hendrik Breitner, 1886 - 1910, photograph, RP-F-00-661
Jonge vrouw met een brief
Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, after Caspar Netscher, 1756 - 1798, print, RP-P-OB-17.277