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The Jewish Bride 8
In creating one of the most
tender portraits ever painted
(right; 1667), Rembrandt – in an
unusually free style – depicts a
couple in the guise of biblical
characters Isaac and Rebecca.
9 Portrait of a
The Girl Dressed
Square 0 in Blue
Man
Portrait of a Girl 9
Dressed in Blue
8 The Jewish
Bride This portrait by Johannes
Two Verspronck (1641) shows the
Toilet 5 The Night artist’s signature style of
caskets Watch
3 painting (below). Smooth,
almost invisible brush strokes
FK23 contrast with the rougher
2 Bantam
The styles of contemporaries such
Kitchen 1 as Frans Hals (see p48).
Maid

7
Windmill
on a Polder
Waterway
4
The Square Man
Key to Floorplan Temple 0
Ground floor Guard The Square Man (1951)
First floor 6 is typical of Karel Appel’s work
Second floor Our Lady of during his CoBrA years, defining
Third floor Sorrows the face of Dutch art in this period.
NEED TO KNOW • With 80 rooms and ground floor; 18th- and
MAP D5 • Museumstraat 8,000 artworks spread 19th-century art on the
1 • 020 674 7000 over four floors, don’t first floor; 17th-century
• www.rijksmuseum.nl expect to see everything Golden Age on the second
in a single visit. Temporary floor; and 20th-century
Open 9am–5pm daily exhibitions are on the top pieces on the third floor.
Admission: €17.50 (under floor of the Philips Wing. There are two main
18s free); garden, shop free entrances, all located
Museum Guide within the Atrium. One
• The Rijksmuseum Café The museum is split into leads to the East wing, and
on the ground floor eras, with the Middle Ages, one to the West. Due to the
overlooking the Atrium is Renaissance, Special extensive renovation, items
a great place to crowd- Collections and Asian on display may be moved
watch and rest weary feet. Pavilion housed on the around the museum.

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