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The Merry Fiddler
Gerard van Honthorst, 1623, painting, SK-A-180
On display in room 2.1
The Night Watch
Rembrandt van Rijn, 1642, painting, SK-C-5
Rembrandt’s largest, most famous canvas was made for the Arquebusiers guild hall. This was one of several halls of Amsterdam’s civic guard, the city’s militia and police. Rembrandt was the first to paint figures in a group portrait actually doing something. The captain, dressed in black, is…
On display in Nightwatch gallery
The Battle of Waterloo
Jan Willem Pieneman, 1824, painting, SK-A-1115
Emperor Napoleon met his final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. This painting – the largest at the Rijksmuseum – shows the moment when the tide turned: the British general Wellington hears that the Prussian army is approaching. Victory, and an end to twenty years of war, is at hand. The…
On display in room 1.12
Still Life with Peacocks
Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1639, painting, SK-A-3981
On display in Gallery of Honour
Militia Company of District XI…
Frans Hals, Pieter Codde, 1637, painting, SK-C-374
On display in Philips wing, room 1.4
Shipwreck off a Rocky Coast
Wijnand Nuijen, c. 1837, painting, SK-A-4644
On display in room 1.14
Self-portrait
Cornelis Troost, 1739, painting, SK-A-4225
On display in room 1.1
Mary Stuart, Princess of Orange, as…
Bartholomeus van der Helst, 1652, painting, SK-A-142
On display in room 2.8
Interior with Women beside a Linen…
Pieter de Hooch, 1663, painting, SK-C-1191
On display in Gallery of Honour
Old Woman Saying Grace, Known as…
Nicolaes Maes, c. 1656, painting, SK-C-535
On display in Gallery of Honour