Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Rijksmuseum II

The not quite random sample continues...
Van Ruisdael's Landscape with Waterfall;  landscape
painting matured with the Dutch and alas my sample won't
reflect much of their greatness
















Claude Lorrain's Harbor View at Sunrise; Lorrain is a
favorite of mine; not Dutch















Rembrandt's very, very famous Isaac and Rebecca, or the
Jewish Bride















And then the Vermeers...


















The Kitchen Maid


















Even a little street scene


















Pieter de Hooch, A Mother's Duty (checking for lice)

The Rijksmuseum is not only about paintings
(although that would be plenty); here, some
exquisite porcelain




















Six foot high flower holders


















And the incredible doll houses














Detail














And a pretty incredible ship model, Vicki posing for scale

1 comment:

Tawana said...

Yea! So glad to read blog posts again! Looks like you are having a great time. I loved all the photos from the museums, and wish we were still having fun with you.
Cara tried on wedding dresses today for the first time, so we spent a long time looking at photos a friend took of her in each dress. Oh, my, think I will encourage her to elope!
Hugs to you both. We miss you!