The Masterpieces, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

2. REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn
The Nightwatch (detail)
1642
Oil on canvas, 363 x 437 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

3. REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn
The Nightwatch (detail)
1642
Oil on canvas, 363 x 437 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

4. REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn
The Nightwatch (detail)
1642
Oil on canvas, 363 x 437 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

5. REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn
The Nightwatch (detail)
1642
Oil on canvas, 363 x 437 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

6. REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn
The Nightwatch (detail)
1642
Oil on canvas, 363 x 437 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

7. REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn
The Nightwatch
1642
Oil on canvas, 363 x 437 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

8. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Picture Gallery, The Masterpieces

9. REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn
The Jewish Bride
c. 1665
Oil on canvas, 122 x 167 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

10. REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn
The Jewish Bride (detail)
c. 1665
Oil on canvas
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (on loan)

11. REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn
The Jewish Bride (detail)
c. 1665
Oil on canvas
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (on loan)

12. CORNELISZ VAN OOSTSANEN,
Jacob
Self-Portrait
1533
Oil on panel, 38 x 30 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

13. CORNELISZ VAN OOSTSANEN,
Jacob
Self-Portrait (detail)
1533
Oil on panel, 38 x 30 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

14. KRUSEMAN, Jan Adam
Portrait of Alida Christina Assink
1833
Oil on wood, 206 × 149cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

15. KRUSEMAN, Jan Adam
Portrait of Alida Christina Assink
1833
Oil on wood, 206 × 149cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

16. STEEN, Jan
Adolf and Catharina Croeser, Known
as ‘The Burgomaster of Delft and his
Daughter’
1655
Oil on canvas, 106cm × 96cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

17. STEEN, Jan
Adolf and Catharina Croeser, Known
as ‘The Burgomaster of Delft and his
Daughter’ (detail)
1655
Oil on canvas, 106cm × 96cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

18. STEEN, Jan
Adolf and Catharina Croeser, Known
as ‘The Burgomaster of Delft and his
Daughter’ (detail)
1655
Oil on canvas, 106cm × 96cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

19. SCOREL, Jan van
Mary Magdalen
c. 1530
Oil on oak panel, 66 x 76 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

20. SCOREL, Jan van
Mary Magdalen (detail)
c. 1530
Oil on oak panel, 66 x 76 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

21. SCOREL, Jan van
Mary Magdalen (detail)
c. 1530
Oil on oak panel, 66 x 76 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

22. FLINCK, Govert Teunisz.
Four Governors of the Arquebusiers
Civic Guard, Amsterdam
1642
Oil on canvas, 203 x 278 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

23. FLINCK, Govert Teunisz.
Four Governors of the Arquebusiers
Civic Guard, Amsterdam (detail)
1642
Oil on canvas, 203 x 278 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

24. GEERTGEN tot Sint Jans
The Holy Kinship
1485-95
Oil on wood, 137 x 105 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

25. GEERTGEN tot Sint Jans
The Holy Kinship (detail)
1485-95
Oil on wood
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

26. HALS, Frans
Married Couple in a Garden
c. 1622
Oil on canvas, 140 x 166,5 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

27. HALS, Frans
Married Couple in a Garden (detail)
c. 1622
Oil on canvas
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

28. HALS, Frans
Married Couple in a Garden (detail)
c. 1622
Oil on canvas
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

29. HALS, Frans and CODDE, Pieter
The Meagre Company
1633-37
Oil on canvas, 207,3 x 427,5 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Hals was commissioned to paint this civic guard portrait in 1633. By 1636
the work was still unfinished and the commission went to Codde, who
finished it a year later. Hals is said to have done the left side of the
painting, up to the man in light clothes in the centre, as well as many of
the hands and faces. The rest is by Codde.

30. HALS, Frans and CODDE, Pieter
The Meagre Company (detail)
1633-37
Oil on canvas
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

31. HALS, Frans and CODDE, Pieter
The Meagre Company (detail)
1633-37
Oil on canvas
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

32. HALS, Frans and CODDE, Pieter
The Meagre Company (detail)
1633-37
Oil on canvas
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

33. HALS, Frans and CODDE, Pieter
The Meagre Company (detail)
1633-37
Oil on canvas
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

34. HELST, Bartholomeus van der
Celebration of the Peace of Münster,
1648, at the Crossbowmen's
Headquarters
1648
Oil on canvas, 232 x 547 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

35. HELST, Bartholomeus van der
Celebration of the Peace of Münster,
1648, at the Crossbowmen's
Headquarters (detail)
1648
Oil on canvas
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

36. HELST, Bartholomeus van der
Celebration of the Peace of Münster,
1648, at the Crossbowmen's
Headquarters (detail)
1648
Oil on canvas
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

37. HELST, Bartholomeus van der
Celebration of the Peace of Münster,
1648, at the Crossbowmen's
Headquarters (detail)
1648
Oil on canvas
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

38. REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn
Portrait of a Woman, Possibly Maria
Trip
1639
Oil on panel, 107 × 82cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

39. REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn
Portrait of a Woman, Possibly Maria
Trip (detail)
1639
Oil on panel, 107 × 82cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

40. REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn
Sampling Officials of the Drapers'
Guild
1662
Oil on canvas, 192 x 279 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

41. REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn
Sampling Officials of the Drapers'
Guild (detail)
1662
Oil on canvas, 192 x 279 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

42. TERBORCH, Gerard
Paternal Admonition (Gallant
Conversation)
c. 1654
Oil on canvas, 71 x 73 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

43. TERBORCH, Gerard
Paternal Admonition (detail)
c. 1654
Oil on canvas
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

44. VERSPRONCK, Jan Cornelisz
Girl in a Blue Dress
1641
Oil on canvas, 82 x 66,5 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

45. VERSPRONCK, Jan Cornelisz
Girl in a Blue Dress (detail)
1641
Oil on canvas, 82 x 66,5 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

46. VERSPRONCK, Jan Cornelisz
Girl in a Blue Dress (detail)
1641
Oil on canvas, 82 x 66,5 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

47. VERMEER, Johannes
Woman in Blue Reading a Letter
1663-64
Oil on canvas, 46,6 x 39,1 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

48. VERMEER, Johannes
Woman in Blue Reading a Letter
(detail)
1663-64
Oil on canvas
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

49. VERMEER, Johannes
The Milkmaid
c. 1658
Oil on canvas, 45,5 x 41 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

50. VERMEER, Johannes
The Milkmaid (detail)
c. 1658
Oil on canvas
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

51. VERMEER, Johannes
The Milkmaid (detail)
c. 1658
Oil on canvas
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

52. VERMEER, Johannes
The Milkmaid (detail)
c. 1658
Oil on canvas
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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54. The Dutch national art collection had its origin in the Royal Museum erected by
Louis Bonaparte (Napoleon's brother) as King of Holland in 1808.
The idea of the Royal Museum was to assemble Netherlandish paintings of
national importance and also to stimulate contemporary art. In 1815 the collection
was transferred to the Trippenhuis, where it was opened in 1817 as the
Rijksmuseum (State Museum).
The present building, a large Gothic Revival structure designed by P. J. H.
Cuypers, the outstanding Dutch architect of the 19th century, was opened in 1885.
In 1922 F. Schmidt Degener, formerly of the Boymans Museum at Rotterdam,
became Director of the Rijksmuseum, modernized the display, and began the
acquisition of foreign works of art.
The Rijksmuseum has the most comprehensive collection of 17th century Dutch
art in the world, and although representation in other areas is uneven, it is strong
in certain fields, such as oriental art.