Piero di Cosimo, 1482 - 1485, painting, SK-C-1368
This diptych shows a leading Florentine architect, Giuliano da Sangallo with his late father Francesco, also an architect and a musician. These are early examples of portraits in which the subject’s profession plays a key role. Here a pen and dividers suggest architecture, a melody in note form…
On display in room 0.5
Rembrandt van Rijn, 1634, painting, SK-C-1768
On display in Gallery of Honour
Rembrandt van Rijn, 1634, painting, SK-A-5033
On display in Gallery of Honour
Bartholomeus van der Helst, c. 1642, painting, SK-A-147
Bartholomeus van der Helst portrayed both Bickers, father and son. The difference between the two generations is striking. The father is dressed in sober black, wearing an old-fashioned millstone ruff. His son Gerard - here about twenty - appears in a colourful, flamboyant costume, with a flat…
On display in room 2.18
Jean Baptiste Vanmour, c. 1720 - c. 1737, painting, SK-A-2005
A mother brings her daughter to school on her first day, followed by an entourage of women. They are evidently Turkish Muslims, since the dress code allowed them colourful clothes and yellow shoes, unlike non-Muslims. A servant is carrying the girl’s embroidery frame. Handicraft was a favourite…
On display in room 1.3
Frans Jansz Post, 1662, painting, SK-A-742
Tempted by Brazil’s sugar plantations, in the 1630s the Dutch captured much of Portugal’s colony on South America’s western coast. They were forced to withdraw in the 1650s. Frans Post went to Brazil from 1636 to 1644 to sketch and paint the country and its inhabitants. Back in the Netherlands, he…
On display in room 2.10
Hendrik Voogd, 1807, painting, SK-A-4688
Voogd was known as the Dutch Claude, after the French painter Claude Lorrain, who was famous for his historical landscapes bathed in a golden glow. Voogd depicted the garden at Villa Borghese in Rome late in the afternoon: the sun casts long shadows and the trees stand out starkly against the sky.…
On display in room 1.12
Willem Bartel van der Kooi, 1813, painting, SK-A-1065
A native of Friesland, artist Van der Kooi specialised in painting children. The children in this painting are shown in a playful, spontaneous pose. It could almost be a snapshot. Yet appearances are deceptive. The artist arranged the children deliberately to form a triangular composition. And we no…
On display in room 1.12
Fra Angelico, c. 1440, painting, SK-A-3011
On display in room 0.2
Jan Adam Kruseman, 1833, painting, SK-C-1672
Dressed to the nines in the latest fashion, Alida Assink poses here for Kruseman, the society artist. Her clothes give her a fashionable shape: with her wide shoulders, puffed sleeves and hooped skirt, her waist seems tiny. The large belt clasp draws even more attention to her midriff. Kruseman was…
On display in room 1.14
