Amsterdam

Rijksmuseum
 

This was the first museum we saw in Amsterdam

Geertgen sin tot Jans, Adoration 1475

Geertgen sin tot Jans, Holy Family 1475

Frans Hals, Maegre Company, 1637

Rembrandt, Nightwatch, 1642

Rembrandt, The Jewish Bride, (Hendrikje Stoffels), 1665

Peter Paul Rubens, Simon and Pero, 1625

Jacob van Ruisdael, Windmill at Wijk, 1670

Jacob van Ruisdael, Winter Landscape, 1660

Jan Steen, The Physician, 1665

Gerard Ter-Borch, Parental Advice, 1655

Johannes Vermeer, Street 1658

Johannes Vermeer, Love Letter 1663

Johannes Vermeer, Milkmaid, 1668

Allart du Hameel, Last Judgment (according to the inscription it represents a painting by Bosch)

I spent an hour in the print section of the Museum staring at this etching. It is one of the first etchings ever made.The artist was the chief architect of the Sint-Jans cathedral in s'Hertogenbosch. Du Hameel certainly knew Bosch. -

I now think that the print is a reproduction of the central panel of a large Last Judgment triptych by Bosch which hung in Sint-Jans and was after Bosch's death destroyed by Protestant iconoclasts. The four side panels of the triptych would then be the four panels at the Doge's Palace in Venice (or so I argue). Together they form a pentatych - the fit is perfect. For details click here