Two models representing a set of rudder irons of Lihou’s design. The rudder iron with the friction pintle and gudgeon is incomplete: the friction plates are missing. The other rudder iron is similar ...

outer size: depth 9.5 cm (support incl. frame) In the present work there is a difference in degree of finish between the troop of horsemen at the head of the procession and the group of the two ...

support: height 14.1 cm × width 18.3 cm outer size: height 28.7 cm × width 33.2 cm × depth 4.1 cm (support incl. frame) François seems to have worked in the idiom of the prints designed by his father ...

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The Rijksmuseum has acquired a first edition of Maria Sibylla Merian’s Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium, her illustrated natural history of Suriname. Published in 1705, it is Merian’s ...

The woman is depicted as an industrious, virtuous housewife. The basket on the wall holds the yarn she has already spun. It has recently been suggested that the sitters are the Amsterdam draper Hubert ...

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These people would never have all been together at the same time! Beeckman was trying to give an overview of the different ethnic groups in Batavia. They include Japanese, Indians, ‘mardijkers’ – ...

A Dutch city is the backdrop to this narrative that shows how a good Christian should help those in need. Christ stands among the spectators in almost every panel. The scenes give an impression of ...

A document with the Dutch lion featuring prominently in the attached seal, a songbook, a flute, dice, a globe, an oil lamp, bubbles, and a skull: much in this still life reminds us of the frailty and ...

Few painters were as popular at the end of the 18th century as the 17th-century landscapist Aelbert Cuyp. The English aristocracy in particular collected his work. Jacob van Strij, who, like Cuyp, ...

This painting is traditionally called the Nocturnal Battle. However, the naval battle at Kijkduin, between Cornelis Tromp on the Gouden Leeuw and Sir Edward Spragg on the Royal Prince, actually took ...