Rijksmuseum Amsterdam the Masterpieces Guide

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Visitors come from all over the world to admire the collections in the Rijksmuseum. For most of them the main attraction is Dutch painting of the seventeenth century, known as the Golden Age. The broad range of great works by Rembrandt, Frans Hals, Jacob van Ruisdael, Jan Steen and Johannes Vermeer ensure that nowhere else can the special character and high quality of the Dutch school of painting be appreciated so well. CONTENTS: 1) Introduction 2) Republic and World Power 3) The Interior 4) Painting 5) Continuation Painting 6) The Civic Guard 7) Objects and Their Numbers 8) Information

The Rijksmuseum was founded in 1798 and opened its doors to the public in 1800. At that time it was located in part of Huis ten Bosch in The Hague, the present palace of H.M. Queen Beatrix. Eight years later, King Louis Bonaparte, Napoleon's brother, moved the Rijksmuseum to Amsterdam, and added to the collection Rembrandt's 'Night Watch', which was owned by the City of Amsterdam, as well as other works. In 1885 the museum moved into the richly ornamented building designed by the architect Pierre Cuypers, which has been an Amsterdam land- mark ever since. Together with the Stedelijk Museum, the Van Gogh Museum and the Concertgebouw, the Rijksmuseum now forms the heart of the city museums, around the Museumplein.

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