Wardens were the supervisors and governors of the Drapers’ Guild. They were responsible for inspecting fabrics, determining the types of woollens and the manner of weaving and dyeing. Pieter ...

This painter’s studio was located in the Town Hall of Haarlem. All manner of studio attributes are shown: drawings of nude models, a painted nocturnal land-scape and some plaster casts. A small oil ...

Make a print of your favourite detail Download this work and make your own creation Order a ready-made poster of this work inscription and date: ‘Inclyta Thebigenae spectans monumenta Cebetis Humanae ...

Make a print of your favourite detail Download this work and make your own creation Order a ready-made poster of this work Het springen van de kruittoren in Delft op 12 oktober 1654. Profiel van de ...

RIJKS® has dining down to an art RIJKS® was awarded a Michelin star in 2016, climbed from 16.5 to 17 points in the 2019 Gault & Millau guide and in the same year earned a spot in the brand-new ranking ...

Asselijn had spent time in Rome, where he recorded his impressions in drawings. Once back in Amsterdam, he painted this view of a huge aqueduct. This monument to the faded glory of ancient Rome now ...

Known as Fortunata, this woman was one of the many professional Italian models working in Paris in the late 19th century. Schwartze started this painting while sojourning there in 1884 and exhibited ...

Honden zijn op veel schilderijen weergegeven, maar vooral op genrestukken uit de 17de eeuw. Ze zijn afgebeeld in huiselijke scènes of op ‘conversatiestukken’: informele groepsportretten van ...

Willem Bartel van der Kooi (1768-1836) was born in Augustinusga in Friesland, into a prominent, affluent family. At twelve, he was apprenticed to a local firm of painters and decorators. He developed ...

Deze lieflijke scène bevat een boodschap. De visserskinderen met hun armoedige kleding en schamele speelgoed geven ons een beeld van hun toekomst. De oudste jongen torst de last van het gezin op zijn ...

Even as an inexperienced young artist, Rembrandt did not shy away from experimenting. Here the light glances along his right cheek, while the rest of his face is veiled in shadow. It takes a while to ...