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Portrait of Don Ramón Satué
Francisco de Goya, 1823, painting, SK-A-2963
Goya was well-known as a court-painter and for his idiosyncratic prints. He had already turned 76 when he painted this powerful portrait. Don Ramón was a judge in the highest tribunal of Castile. The casual pose and open collar have an informality Goya usually reserves for the portraits of his most…
On display in room 1.13
Girl in a White Kimono
George Hendrik Breitner, 1894, painting, SK-A-3584
Inspired by Japanese prints, Breitner painted at least twelve versions of this girl in a white kimono around 1894. Each time, her pose is different and the kimono is a different colour. Here the embroidered white silk kimono with red trimmed sleeves and orange belt are what draw our attention. The…
On display in room 1.18
Javanese Court Officials
anonymous, c. 1820 - c. 1870, painting, NG-2010-40
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
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
Portrait of Johan Rudolf Thorbecke,…
Johan Heinrich Neuman, 1852, painting, SK-A-4120
The Death of the Pharaoh’s…
Lourens Alma Tadema, 1872, painting, SK-A-2664
Jan Blanken Jansz., Superintendent…
Jean Augustin Daiwaille, 1820 - 1838, painting, SK-A-1845
Parasol met dek van naaldkant,…
anonymous, 1897, BK-BR-J-17
Portrait of Rutger Jan…
Pierre Prud'hon, 1801 - 1802, painting, SK-A-3097
On display in room 1.10
Portrait of Hortense de Beauharnais
Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson, c. 1805 - c. 1809, painting, SK-A-4943
On display in room 1.13