Rembrandt van Rijn, 1642, painting, SK-C-5
Rembrandt’s largest, most famous canvas was made for the Arquebusiers guild hall. This was one of several halls of Amsterdam’s civic guard, the city’s militia and police. Rembrandt was the first to paint figures in a group portrait actually doing something. The captain, dressed in black, is…
On display in Nightwatch gallery
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
Gerrit Berckheyde, 1671 - 1672, painting, SK-A-5003
Here we see the canal as it was, shortly before 1672. The crisis that would mark that year had yet to break, and construction is proceeding apace. One house in the background is wrapped in scaffolding; at the start of Spiegelstraat workers are laying paving stones, while building materials lie round…
On display in room 2.27
Pieter Isaacsz., c. 1604 - c. 1607, painting, SK-A-4947
Daniel Vertangen, c. 1660, painting, SK-A-4969
On display in room 2.9
Willem Schellinks, 1667 - 1678, painting, SK-A-1393
Reinier Nooms, 1662 - 1668, painting, SK-A-1397
Willem van de Velde (I) (attributed to), in or after 1666 - in or before 1672, painting, SK-A-1392
Reinier Nooms, 1662 - 1668, painting, SK-A-1398
