Girl Knitting in the Dunes, by Bernard Blommers. She is knitting black stockings, a symbol of the strict Dutch Reformed Church.
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La Corniche near Monaco, by Claude Monet. The painting was given to the Rijksmuseum in 1900, when Monet's work was unknown in Holland.
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Diorama of the waterfront along the Suriname River. A Dutch merchant lived in the green house.
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Diorama of a dance celebration on the plantation Gerrit Schouten. The performers and spectators are slaves.
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A painting of the Great Postal Road, a 1000 km long road through Java, that gave the Netherlands greater military control over Java.
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Two Women Looking at Art, by Manuel Robbe, depicting the quiet and refined culture at the end of the 19th century.
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My favorite painting in the museum, by 19th century Romantic painter Fredrik Marinus Kruseman, called Monk Meditating near a Ruin by Moonlight.
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Shipwreck off a Rocky Coast, by Wijnand Nuijen. The insignificance of man compared to the power of nature.
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Portrait of William II, King of Netherlands, by Jan Adam Kruseman. Under him, the Netherlands became a parliamentary democracy.
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Charity the Educator, by Lorenzo Bartollini. The woman is caring for two children, teaching the older one to read.
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The Music Lesson, by Louis Moritz. Women were encouraged to play piano, guitar, harp, or to sing.
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Still Life with Tropical Fruit, by Albert Eckhout. It represents the colony of Dutch Brazil. I have never seen a still life with tropical fruit before!
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The second expedition to the Dutch Indies returns to Amsterdam. I love the colors in this painting, and its style.
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