Amsterdam(2019)
The Rijks Museum
The Rijks Museum
The
Rijksmuseum is one of Amsterdam’s grandest and most popular
museums Its collection showcases iconic art and artifacts of more than 800 years of Dutch and global history It includes paintings by Rembrandt, Van Gogh and other Dutch painters |
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The entrance of the museum has the atmosphere of a
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closer inspection we see that the stained glass windows reflect
secular not religious images |
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Professional
painters are restoring the murals but the small details on the ceilings are being restored by local art students |
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"The Milkmaid" by Vermeer |
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This
painting below is a copy of The Night Watch before the left side was trimmed losing the people to left of the man holding the spear  |
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At left is an Art Cabinet from Augsburg
(1627-1630) Below is a baby's cradle  |
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"Portrait of a Woman (possibly Maria Trip) by Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1606-1669) |
Moses comtemplating the destruction of Jerusalem |
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Rembrandt's Wife |
Rembrandt painted a local man wearing a turbin |
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Battle between Dutch & Spanish ships on the Haarlemmermeer by Hendrik Cornellsz Vroom (circa 1566-1640)  |
Ship's
cannon (swivel-gun) The Netherlands circa 1550-1573 It was excavated from the reclaimed Haarlemmermeer in the 2nd half of the 19th century It may have been used during the 1573 battle in the painting |
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Joe always finds a cannon |
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Swords
& other weapons used during the battles represented in the paintings  |
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We saw the original sculpture in June in the Vatican Museum  |
