Dear Commons Community,
Elaine and I spent the morning at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s major art museum. Since 1885, the museum has been housed in the elegant Rijksmuseum building, which was designed by the Dutch architect Pierre Cuypers. The collection offers an overview of Dutch art and history, including works by Dutch masters such as Rembrandt, Vermeer, van Gogh, and Hals. I must say that it is the best organized museum in which I have ever been. A number of its major works such as Rembrandt’s The Night Watch and Johannes Vermeer’s The Milkmaid are located in a single central Gallery of Honour. The Rijksmuseum also houses the Cuyper Library, a work of art in and of itself.
Below is a sample of the masterpieces we viewed.
Tony
Rembrandt – The Night Watch
Johannes Vermeer – The Milkmaid
Vincent van Gogh – Self Portrait
Franz Hals – The Lovers
Jan Asselijn – The Threatened Swan
Model of a late 17th Century Warship (William Rex) by Adriaen de Vriend
The Cuyper Library
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