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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…
The Holy Kinship
Geertgen tot Sint Jans (workshop of), c. 1495, painting, SK-A-500
Christ’s family is gathered together in this fictional medieval church: the Holy Family, known in Dutch as the holy ‘maagschap’, an old word for kinship. Left, in a blue robe, the Virgin Mary is seated with Jesus, and alongside, her mother Anna. Behind are the two husbands: Joseph and Joachim.…
On display in room 0.1
The Art Gallery of Jan…
Adriaan de Lelie, 1794 - 1795, painting, SK-A-4100
In 1792, Gildemeester, a merchant, turned two large rooms at his house on Amsterdam’s Herengracht into an art gallery. Here he stands proudly at the centre of the front room, speaking with one of his guests. Visitors are examining famous paintings, including a Rembrandt - above Gildemeester’s head.…
On display in room 1.10
Square Man
Karel Appel, 1951, painting, SK-A-5002
The square man squeezes with difficulty into this square canvas. He seems to squint slightly with his red and green eyes and his blue mouth gapes open. The head is too big, the body is too small, and the arms and legs are too short, yet with his fiercely coloured body and his ponderous genitals, he…
On display in room 3.3
Banquet Still Life
Adriaen van Utrecht, 1644, painting, SK-C-301
On display in room 2.4
The Adoration of the Magi
Geertgen tot Sint Jans, c. 1480 - c. 1485, painting, SK-A-2150
On display in room 0.1
Mary Magdalene
Carlo Crivelli, c. 1480, painting, SK-A-3989
On display in room 0.2
Still Life with Flowers
Balthasar van der Ast, c. 1625 - c. 1630, painting, SK-A-2103
On display in room 2.6
Portrait of William I, King of the…
Joseph Paelinck, 1819, painting, SK-C-1460
On display in room 1.12
Maria of Hungary, Regent of the…
anonymous, 1550 - 1560, painting, SK-A-4463