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The Singel Bridge at the…
George Hendrik Breitner, 1898, painting, SK-A-3580
Breitner often took photos when preparing a painting. Several preparatory photos for this painting are also known. The way the woman is walking directly towards us and the way the picture is cropped gives it a photographic feel. Originally, Breitner’s subject was a maid, but following the negative…
On display in room 1.18
Piano Practice Interrupted
Willem Bartel van der Kooi, 1813, painting, SK-A-1065
A native of Friesland, artist Van der Kooi specialised in painting children. The children in this painting are shown in a playful, spontaneous pose. It could almost be a snapshot. Yet appearances are deceptive. The artist arranged the children deliberately to form a triangular composition. And we no…
On display in room 1.12
Silver cabinet
Jan Adolf Hillebrand, 1844, BK-R-4927
As a young cabinetmaker, Hillebrand presented this neo-Gothic showpiece at an industrial exhibition in Leeuwarden in 1844. His ambition was rewarded. King Willem II bought the silver cabinet, having acquired a taste for Gothic art as a student in England. Different Gothic elements are ingeniously…
On display in room 1.15
Donkey Rides on the Beach
Isaac Israels, c. 1890 - c. 1901, painting, SK-A-3597
Shipwreck off a Rocky Coast
Wijnand Nuijen, c. 1837, painting, SK-A-4644
On display in room 1.14
Ambtskostuum van J.R. Thorbecke als…
anonymous, c. 1850, NG-532
Surimono album
diverse vervaardigers, 1845 - 1865, book, RP-P-1999-258
Still Life with Fruit
Henri Fantin-Latour, c. 1880 - c. 1890, painting, SK-A-2982
Gezicht op Granada en het Alhambra,…
Rafael Garzón, 1880 - 1900, photograph, RP-F-00-282
Portrait of Johannes, Graaf van den…
Raden Sarief Bastaman Saleh, 1836, painting, SK-A-3798