Covered cup and saucer with three panels with two seated figures, anonymous, c. 1800 - c. 1899

Anonymous bequest
turning, h 7.8cm
http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/AK-RBK-15189-A
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Triton Blowing a Conch Shell, Adriaen de Vries, c. 1615 - c. 1617
This triton, a sea creature in the retinue of the god Neptune, is one of sixteen sculptures that together once formed part of a monumental fountain. The huge complex stood in front of Frederiksborg Castle in Denmark, but in 1659 Swedish soldiers took the statues as war booty to Stockholm. The triton originally perched on the edge of a basin, and water spouted from the shell he is blowing.

On loan from the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
bronze, h 157cm × w 88cm × d 80cm
http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/BK-C-1997-2
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Friedrich V (1596-1632), Elector of the Palatinate, King of Bohemia, and his Wife Elizabeth Stuart (1596-1662) on Horseback, Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne, 1626 - 1628

Gift of the Heusden Council
oil on canvas, h 154.5cm × w 191cm
http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/SK-A-958
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Self Portrait, Balthasar Denner, 1738

Purchased with the support of the Rijksmuseum-Stichting
ivory, h 8cm × w 5.8cm
http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/SK-A-4835
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Head of John the Baptist, anonymous, c. 1500 - c. 1560
At the request of his stepdaughter Salome, Herod ordered the beheading of John the Baptist. She was given his head on a platter. This macabre theme – often called Johannes in disco (John on a plate) – is represented here. The platter, however, is missing. The deathly pale alabaster, the open mouth and tongue and the deep-set eye sockets reinforce the harsh realism.

Purchased with the support of the Rijksmuseum Fonds
albaster, h 26.7cm × w 21cm × w 13.4kg
http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/BK-1998-1
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Portret van een vrouw, Henrik Ploetz, 1758 - 1830

Gift of J.H.M. Staring-de Mol van Otterloo, Vorden
paper, h 12cm × w 9.5cm × d 0.6cm
http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/SK-A-4802
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Your daily dose of dutch art by Rembrandt van Rijn

View of the Utrechtse Poort in Amersfoort, Seen from the Town

Dimensions: height 138mm, width 196mm

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Buste van dr. Nicolaas Beets (1814-1903), letterkundige, Cornelis Beets, 1894

Gift of M. Crommelin, Utrecht
marble (rock), h 88cm × w 56cm × d 36cm × w 175kg
http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/BK-B-77-1
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Two Infants, Personifications of Spring and Autumn, Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert (follower of), 1650 - c. 1670

oil on canvas, h 45.7cm × w 38.3cm × t 2.8cm
http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/SK-A-622
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