The support consists of three horizontally grained oak planks (20.2, 28 and 26.7 cm), and has been thinned to a thickness of 0.7-0.9 cm and cradled. The thinning of the panel has exposed the dowel ...

support: height 28.5 cm × width 22.4 cm outer size: height 45.5 cm × width 39.2 cm × depth 4 cm (support incl. frame) The sitter in this portrait is Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia (1566-1633), ...

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Welcome to Het Café, where you can enjoy a delicious coffee or tea with a wide selection of pastries, or a cool drink. We serve an extensive lunch menu with the recommended lunch dish 'Still life': a ...

Rembrandt's largest and most famous painting was made for one of the three headquarters of Amsterdam's civic guard. These groups of civilian soldiers defended the city from attack. Rembrandt was the ...

This is the failed first version of the adjacent Descent from the Cross. In preparing the etching, Rembrandt probably overheated the copperplate, causing the etching ground to become too porous. The ...

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 ...

Visitors are admiring Admiral de Ruyter’s imposing tomb monument. It occupies the place where the main altar once stood when the Nieuwe Kerk was still a Catholic church. The monumental marble tomb is ...

During the 17th century, making music at home was very popular and many wealthy people played a musical instrument. Here, a woman plays a virginal while two children listen attentively. A man is just ...

Make a print of your favourite detail Download this work and make your own creation Order a ready-made poster of this work Portret van Anna van Oostenrijk (1601-1666), de echtgenote van Lodewijk XIII, ...

Born in Amsterdam, Hendrick Avercamp (1585-1634) grew up in Kampen. He lived and worked there from 1614 until his death in 1634. Avercamp is mentioned in various documents as the Kampen Mute, so it is ...

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