Collection of Rijksmuseum


The Rijksmuseum (in English The State Museum) is a Dutch national museum located on the Museumplein in Amsterdam, Netherlands.   The Rijksmuseum, designed by P.J.H. Cuypers in the late 1880s is an impressive building that shines with gold leaf and is textured with statues creating a surrounding that suits the national art collection.  There are over 150 rooms of paintings, sculptures and other works from Western and Asian schools of art dating from the ninth through nineteenth century.   The focus of the collection is fifteenth to seventeenth century paintings primarily from the Dutch Masters along with drawings and prints from the fifteenth to twentieth century as well as a substantial collection of Asian art.  The Rijksmuseum is home to masterpieces by Vermeer, Rembrandt, Steen, Ruisdael, Brouwers, Hals, Hobbema, Cuyp, and Van der Helst.


1882 Nursery on Schenkweg Drawing Nursery-on-Schenkweg
1884 Village at Sunset Painting Village-at-Sunset
1884 Behind the Hedges Drawing Behind-the-Hedges
1885 Peasant with Sickle, Seen from the Back Drawing Peasant-with-Sickle,-Seen-from-the-Back
1886/87 Self-Portrait with Grey Felt Hat Painting Self-Portrait-with-Grey-Felt-Hat
1888 Entrance Gate to a Farm with Haystacks Drawing Entrance-Gate-to-a-Farm-with-Haystacks
1888 Hill with the Ruins of Montmajour Drawing Hill-with-the-Ruins-of-Montmajour





The Old Tower in the Fields Starry Night Over the Rhone The De Ruijterkade in Amsterdam Mountainous Landscape Behind Saint-Paul Hospital
The Old Tower in the Fields Starry Night Over the Rhone The De Ruijterkade in Amsterdam Mountainous Landscape Behind Saint-Paul Hospital
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