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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
Javanese Court Officials
anonymous, c. 1820 - c. 1870, painting, NG-2010-39
Clothes make the man, so too in Indonesia. These are not actual portraits, but types. In addition to revealing the region these men come from, the meticulously painted clothes and batik motifs also provide information about their rank and status. These proud, confident figures are unusual: in…
On display in room 1.17
Javaanse hoffunctionarissen
anonymous, c. 1820 - c. 1870, painting, NG-2010-38
Clothes make the man, so too in Indonesia. These are not actual portraits, but types. In addition to revealing the region these men come from, the meticulously painted clothes and batik motifs also provide information about their rank and status. These proud, confident figures are unusual: in…
On display in room 1.17
Javaanse hoffunctionarissen
anonymous, c. 1820 - c. 1870, painting, NG-2010-41
Clothes make the man, so too in Indonesia. These are not actual portraits, but types. In addition to revealing the region these men come from, the meticulously painted clothes and batik motifs also provide information about their rank and status. These proud, confident figures are unusual: in…
On display in room 1.17
The Coach of Mangkoe Nagoro IV
Pieter Alardus Haaxman, c. 1870, painting, SK-A-4968
Portrait of Hortense de Beauharnais
Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson, c. 1805 - c. 1809, painting, SK-A-4943
On display in room 1.13
Donkey Rides on the Beach
Isaac Israels, c. 1890 - c. 1901, painting, SK-A-3597
The Rapenburg in Leiden
Carel Lodewijk Hansen, 1807, painting, SK-A-3925
On display in room 1.12
Shop Window
Isaac Israels, 1894, painting, SK-A-3592
On display in room 1.18