The Rijksmuseum is a major European treasury of art. It houses the world’s greatest collection of Dutch paintings of 17C, the Golden Age. It is also a museum for Dutch history, art objects, drawings, sculptures and furniture. The building was opened in 1885. Its building was one of the first to be constructed specially as a museum. In 2004 the museum largely closed for 10 years to undertake a major renovation. The major features of the renovation were the of construction two large atriums covered by glass roofs to provide more amenity spaces for the visitors. The garden was also modified, statues were added, for the visitors to relax and enjoy the summer sun.
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First created, July 2008. Version 3.0. 23 Jan 2022, London. Jerry Daperro.
2. This relief panel is on the façade of the museum. It inscribed the official opening date of the
museum, 1885.
Rijksmuseum 13 July 1885
3. In 2004, the museum began a modernization project. The main features were to build two
glass-roof atriums, covering the existing enclosed quadrangles. This is the ticketing
Auditorium. The project was completed in 2013,
Rijksmuseum Ticket Auditorium
4. Apart from the well-known collection of paintings, the museum also has a variety of artefacts
on displays. Like this magnificent German desk was made in flamboyant Rococo style.
Unusually, it has a 3D inlays picture of a room, made from various woods, tortoiseshell, silver,
mother of pearl, copper, ivory and gilded bronze mounting.
A General Museum
5. The different galleries are organized in chronological order from the Middle Age to Modern Art
and photography.
Museum Display Arrangement
6. Netherlandish Painting
“Early Netherlandish painting,
traditionally known as the Flemish
Primitives, refers to the work of
artists active in the Burgundian
and Habsburg Netherlands during
the 15th- and 16th-century
Northern Renaissance period. It
flourished especially in the cities
of Bruges, Ghent, Mechelen,
Leuven, Tournai and Brussels, all
in present-day Belgium. The
period begins approximately with
Robert Campin.” Wikipedia
15. Frans Hals - Official Portrait of Civil Duties
One of best known Frans Hals official portraits of part-time soldiers.
16. Detail of Militia Company of District XI (previous slide). Frans Hals did a good job of making
middle age men playing soldiers, looking glamorous and believable.
Frans Hals - Official Portrait of Civil Duties. Details
49. 17th Century Dutch Society
The 17th century Dutch society enjoyed unprecedented wealth. Its prosperity was
based on her marine trade. Her supremacy in trading were derived from two
advantages. The first was the technology to construct a faster and lighter ship for its
trade. The second was her ability to pool together the wealth of her citizen to
provide a large source risk capital for commerce (capitalism).
Even in our casual glance on the history of her paintings on the period shows how
these wealth were permeated into the creation of the middle class. (You can see a
rising popularity of small format paintings, which was an indication that the ‘common’
citizen were wealthy enough to buy paintings for their homes.)
The ‘dad’s army’, in which ordinary citizen served, to carry out their civic duty is a
reflection of their politics. Dutch was governed as a republic (with no monarch).
Several well known large-scale paintings of these civic guards are in the collection
at the Rijksmuseum, including one by Frans Hals and one by Rembrandt.
One striking feature of these paintings is the lacking of religious subject matters.
Why do you think it is the case?
50. Music – Gymnopedie for piano No 1
performed on guitar by Dominic Miller.
The End
This is the second glass roof atrium, which accommodates a café and a shop, as part of the modernization project.
The Rijksmuseum is a major European treasury of art. It houses the world’s greatest collection of Dutch paintings of 17C, the Golden Age. It is also a museum for Dutch history, art objects, drawings, sculptures and furniture. The building was opened in 1885. Its building was one of the first to be constructed specially as a museum. In 2004 the museum largely closed for 10 years to undertake a major renovation. The major features of the renovation were the of construction two large atriums covered by glass roofs to provide more amenity spaces for the visitors. The garden was also modified, statues were added, for the visitors to relax and enjoy the summer sun.
This presentation is a brief introduction to some of the best known and finest paintings, by the famous painters of Dutch Golden Age. Among them are Rembrandt, Vermeer, Frans Hals, Steen etc.
23.7.2008 version 1. First published
10.12.2014 version 2. Bought up to 50 slides.
23.1.2022 version 3. Changed to Standard Style. Cover changed.