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Dolls’ house of Petronella Oortman
anonymous, c. 1686 - c. 1710, furniture, BK-NM-1010
The exterior of this dolls house is a work of art in its own right, with its mother-of-pearl and pewter veneer. The owners’ initials - Petronella Oortman and her husband Johannes Brandt, a cloth merchant in Amsterdam - are inlaid on both sides. Remarkably, all the domestic furnishings were made…
On display in room 2.20
Haarlem reception room 1794
Abraham van der Hart, c. 1793 - c. 1795, BK-15613
This interior is from the home of merchant and art collector Willem Philip Kops, at Nieuwe Gracht 74 in Haarlem. The room was probably used for evening receptions. It is complete, except for the stucco ceiling. Abraham van der Hart, Amsterdam’s municipal architect, created a complete neoclassical…
On display in room 1.7
View of the Golden Bend in the…
Gerrit Berckheyde, 1671 - 1672, painting, SK-A-5003
Here we see the canal as it was, shortly before 1672. The crisis that would mark that year had yet to break, and construction is proceeding apace. One house in the background is wrapped in scaffolding; at the start of Spiegelstraat workers are laying paving stones, while building materials lie round…
On display in room 2.27
Model for the tomb of Maerten…
Rombout Verhulst, 1654, BK-NM-4352
On display in room 2.15
Cabinet
Jan van Mekeren (attributed to), c. 1695 - c. 1710, furniture, BK-1964-12
On display in room 2.22
Table
Jan van Mekeren (attributed to), c. 1695 - c. 1710, furniture, BK-1962-50
On display in room 2.22
Longcase clock
anonymous, c. 1755 - c. 1765, furniture, BK-1967-144
On display in room 1.2
Longcase clock
anonymous, c. 1715 - c. 1725, furniture, BK-1969-102-A
On display in room 1.1
Cutlery canteen
Johannes Schiotling, 1772, BK-1964-13
On display in room 1.2
Dolls’ house of Petronella Dunois
anonymous, c. 1676, furniture, BK-14656
On display in room 2.20