RIJKSMUSEUM
INTRODUCTION
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The building, in Neo-Gothic and Neo-Renaissance style, with a wealth of decorations and sloping roofs, is the work of the Dutch architect Pierre Cuypers, who also designed the Central Station. It was...
TOUR
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The visit to the Rijksmuseum follows a chronological order, starting from the strikingly displayed works in the basement, covering the period from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance.
At the start of...
REMBRANDT'S LATER WORKS
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Rembrandt’s last paintings are displayed in one of the rooms of the central gallery, just before The Night Watch.
The great painter continued to receive important assignments during the last...
THE NIGHT WATCH REMBRANDT
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The most famous work in the museum is the Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq, better known as The Night Watch, painted in 1642 by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van...
THE MILKMAID VERMEER
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In one of the rooms that looks onto the main gallery, you can admire three magnificent paintings by the world-famous Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer, known for the almost photographic realism of his...
THE LOVE LETTER VERMEER
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Like most of Vermeer’s works, The Love Letter is something of a mystery: there are no documents referring to it before it appeared on the antiques market at the end of the 19th century. Although...
