Search in Rijksstudio
Lidded ewer
Adam van Vianen (I), 1614, BK-1976-75
On display in room 2.1
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
Italian Landscape with Umbrella…
Hendrik Voogd, 1807, painting, SK-A-4688
Voogd was known as the Dutch Claude, after the French painter Claude Lorrain, who was famous for his historical landscapes bathed in a golden glow. Voogd depicted the garden at Villa Borghese in Rome late in the afternoon: the sun casts long shadows and the trees stand out starkly against the sky.…
On display in room 1.12
Two temple guardians
anonymous, c. 1300 - c. 1400, sculpture, AK-RAK-2007-1-A
On display in Asian pavilion, room 2
Two temple guardians
anonymous, c. 1300 - c. 1400, sculpture, AK-RAK-2007-1-B
These guards stand at the entrance to a temple to ward off evil. They are holding a vajra, with which to crush ignorance. Their open and shut mouths represent the first and last letters of the Japanese script: A and N: this symbolises the totality of sounds and letters, of knowledge. Worshippers who…
On display in Asian pavilion, room 2
Bust of Piet Hein
Hendrick de Keyser (II) (attributed to), 1636, figure, BK-NM-2865
Two plaques from a column
De Grieksche A, after Adrianus Kocx, c. 1690, tile, BK-KOG-2567
On display in room 2.22
Armstoel van eikenhout, met huifkap
anonymous, c. 1560 - c. 1580, furniture, BK-KOG-1777
Kruisdraging
Martin Schongauer, c. 1470 - 1491, print, RP-P-OB-1015