The Rijksmuseum masterpieces you must see
The top 3 according to 24 votes from people: Woman Reading a Letter · The Night Watch · The Milkmaid. (Updated Jan 9, 2023.)
The highlights of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, from The Night Watch to Petronella Oortman's doll's house, according to the best-known museum guides.
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Top 17
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1
Woman Reading a Letter
Vermeer, c. 1663. A woman reads a letter in silence.
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2
The Night Watch
Rembrandt, 1642. Captain Frans Banninck Cocq's militia company on the move.
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3
The Milkmaid
Vermeer, c. 1658. Light, blue and a thin stream of milk.
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4
The Jewish Bride
Rembrandt, c. 1665-1669. Van Gogh said he could sit in front of it for days.
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5
The Windmill at Wijk bij Duurstede
Jacob van Ruisdael, c. 1668-1670. The Dutch windmill under a stormy sky.
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6
The Little Street
Vermeer, c. 1658. An ordinary Delft house, painted extraordinarily.
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Portraits of Marten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit
Rembrandt, 1634. The wedding pair jointly bought by the Netherlands and France.
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8
Winter Landscape with Ice Skaters
Hendrick Avercamp, c. 1608. Hundreds of tiny figures on the ice.
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9
Doll's House of Petronella Oortman
c. 1686-1710. A canal house in miniature, down to every detail.
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10
The Battle of Waterloo
Jan Willem Pieneman, 1824. The largest painting in the museum.
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11
The Cuypers Library
The largest and oldest art history library in the Netherlands, inside the building.
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12
Self-Portrait (Van Gogh)
Vincent van Gogh, 1887. From his Paris period, in lively dashes.
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13
The Merry Drinker
Frans Hals, c. 1628-1630. A laughing man raising his glass to you.
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14
The Merry Family
Jan Steen, 1668. A messy, partying family.
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15
Hugo Grotius's Book Chest
The chest in which Hugo Grotius escaped from Loevestein Castle in 1621.
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16
The Syndics of the Drapers' Guild
Rembrandt, 1662. Six men look up as if you just walked in.
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17
The Threatened Swan
Jan Asselijn, c. 1650. Later read as a symbol of Johan de Witt.
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