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Quiz about Great Galleries Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Quiz about Great Galleries Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Great Galleries: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Quiz


Our tour of the world's great galleries moves to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, home to more than 2,000 paintings from the Dutch Golden Age. Identify the artist from a famous works housed here.

A photo quiz by EnglishJedi. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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May 29 22
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Question 1 of 10
1. We ease you in gently, with one of the best-known paintings by perhaps the most famous of all Dutch artists. Painted in 1642, its official title is "The Shooting Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburgh". Who is the artist? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. From the sublime to the absurd, "The Threatened Swan" is a 1650 oil on canvas by a Dutch Golden Age artist who is best-known for his landscapes and animal pictures. In the late 1790s this painting was heralded as a symbol of Dutch national resistance and in 1800 it became the first acquisition of the precursor of the Rijksmuseum. Who is the artist? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. "Morning Ride on the Beach" is an 1876 oil on canvas by a leading member of The Hague School. Noted for his depictions of people and animals in outdoor settings, particularly peasants working in the fields and various paintings of flocks of sheep. Vincent van Gogh was his cousin-in-law. Who is the artist? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Purchased by the Rijksmuseum in 1816, "The Merry Drinker" is a portrait dating to between 1628 and 1630. Painted by a Dutch Golden Age artist who lived and worked in Haarlem, the loose brushwork is typical of his lively style that heavily influenced Dutch portraiture in the 17th century. Who is the artist? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. "Winter Landscape with Ice Skaters" is a spectacular 30"x52" landscape painted in 1608 by a dumb artist known as 'de Stomme van Kampen' ("the mute of Kampen"). This artist specialized in colourful and lively winter scenes, many of them depicting skaters on frozen lakes. Who is this artist? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. The small (15"x18") "Woman in Blue Reading a Letter" dates to 1662-63. The interior scene of domestic life is typical of an artist who amazingly produced a mere 34 paintings in his lifetime. Who is this artist? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. "Company in a Courtyard Behind a House" is a 1663 work by another master of the Dutch Golden Age. Best-known for his genre works of quiet domestic scenes (many of them interiors), he is another of those artists whose paintings have a distinctive look. Who is this artist? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Displayed in the 'Gallery of Honour' at the Rijksmuseum, "The Feast of St. Nicholas" is an oil on canvas dating to 1663-65. Packed with colour and lively to the point of chaos, this is typical of many works by this genre painter from the Dutch Golden Age, although he also painted historical, mythological and religious scenes, portraits, landscapes and still lifes. Who is this artist? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Painted sometime around 1670, "The Windmill at Wijk bij Duurstede" is a work by an artist widely considered the pre-eminent landscape painter of the Dutch Golden Age. Particularly noted for his big skies and numerous paintings of waterfalls, he was both prolific and versatile. Who is this artist? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. The Rijksmuseum also houses a small collection of works by foreign artists. This tempera on panel, "Madonna of Humility", painted in 1440 is the work of one of the great early Italian Renaissance painters. Who is this artist? Hint



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1. We ease you in gently, with one of the best-known paintings by perhaps the most famous of all Dutch artists. Painted in 1642, its official title is "The Shooting Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburgh". Who is the artist?

Answer: Rembrandt

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was born in 1606 in Leiden, then within the Dutch Republic. Leiden is now a university city in central Netherlands and home to the country's oldest seat of higher education, pre-dating even Rembrandt (it was founded in 1575).

Rembrandt's "The Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburgh" is better-known simply as "The Night Watch" and is perhaps the most famous of all the Dutch Golden Age paintings. An enormous work (11.9 feet x 14.3 feet), it shows Captain Frans Banning Cocq (on the left) and his lieutenant, Willem van Ruytenburch, leading Militia Company of District II as they move out.

It originally hung in Amsterdam's 'Kloveniersdoelen' (Great Hall), was on display in the 'Palace on the Dam' during part of Napoleon's occupation, and in 1885 was moved to the Rijksmuseum when the building was completed. "The Night Watch" is one of a dozen Rembrandt paintings that can be seen at the Rijksmuseum.
2. From the sublime to the absurd, "The Threatened Swan" is a 1650 oil on canvas by a Dutch Golden Age artist who is best-known for his landscapes and animal pictures. In the late 1790s this painting was heralded as a symbol of Dutch national resistance and in 1800 it became the first acquisition of the precursor of the Rijksmuseum. Who is the artist?

Answer: Jan Asselijn

Jan Asselijn was born sometime around 1610 in coastal community of Dieppe in northeastern France. A small man with a withered hand, he was widely known as 'Krabbetje' (little claw). A friend of Rembrandt's, the Dutch master made an etching of Asselijn as his easel.

"The Threatened Swan" *57 inches x 67 inches) depicts a life size swan defending her nest from a dog. Later owners of the painting added inscriptions to the work: "Holland" on the egg on the right of the picture, 'de viand van de staat"' (enemy of the state) on the dog to the left, and 'de raad-pensionaris' (the Grand Pensionary - the highest official in the Dutch Republic) between the legs of the swan.

This was the first painting acquired by the Nationale Konst-Gallery in The Hague (which would later become the Rijksmuseum) when it was founded in 1800. The Rijksmuseum is also home to another of Asselijn's best-known works, "Cavalry Charge at Sunset".
3. "Morning Ride on the Beach" is an 1876 oil on canvas by a leading member of The Hague School. Noted for his depictions of people and animals in outdoor settings, particularly peasants working in the fields and various paintings of flocks of sheep. Vincent van Gogh was his cousin-in-law. Who is the artist?

Answer: Anton Mauve

Anthonij (Anton) Rudolf Mauve was born in 1838 in the city of Zaandam in the Dutch province of North Holland, although he grew up in Haarlem. An important member of the Hague School, in 1876 he helped to found the Hollandsche Teekenmaatschappij, an international society established to promote painting with watercolours. Married to van Gogh's cousin, Ariëtte (Jet) Carbentus, Mauve was a significant influence on the Dutch master -- Mauve in mentioned in more than 150 of van Gogh's surviving letters.

Painted in the Impressionist style, "Morning Ride on the Beach" shows a bourgeois trio of riders descending towards the beach. The bathing cabins in the distance and the horse droppings in the foreground both contribute to the realism of the scene.
4. Purchased by the Rijksmuseum in 1816, "The Merry Drinker" is a portrait dating to between 1628 and 1630. Painted by a Dutch Golden Age artist who lived and worked in Haarlem, the loose brushwork is typical of his lively style that heavily influenced Dutch portraiture in the 17th century. Who is the artist?

Answer: Frans Hals

Frans Hals the Elder was born in 1582 in the city of Antwerp, then part of Spanish Netherlands and now in Belgium. When he was still an infant his parents fled to Haarlem, where he lived for the remainder of his life. Previously seen as a technical flaw, Hals' introduced the style of the 'visible brushstroke' into his portrait painting. Although this can give the impression that the paint has just been 'thrown onto the canvas', most of Hals' portraits are meticulously built up layer upon layer (as was the conventional method at the time). Hals' brother, Dirck, and five of his sons also became notable painters.

Perhaps the best-known of all portraits by Frans Hals is "The Laughing Cavalier", which is part of the Wallace Collection housed in London. "The Merry Drinker" is one of a handful of portraits by Hals that is displayed at the Rijksmuseum.

Although it has been claimed that this is a likeness of Prince Maurice of Orange, "The Merry Drinker" is less of an actual portrait than a genre piece, depicting a common scene in Dutch portraiture of the era.
5. "Winter Landscape with Ice Skaters" is a spectacular 30"x52" landscape painted in 1608 by a dumb artist known as 'de Stomme van Kampen' ("the mute of Kampen"). This artist specialized in colourful and lively winter scenes, many of them depicting skaters on frozen lakes. Who is this artist?

Answer: Hendrick Avercamp

Hendrick Avercamp was born in Amsterdam in 1585. The end of the 16th century was one of the coldest in European history and was known as the 'Little Ice Age', so winter scenery and skaters would have been something with which Avercamp grew up. Like the great 16th-century Dutch landscape artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Avercamp's landscapes usually include a high horizon (and thus a large, active sky) and many figures who are involved in various activities.

An oil on oak panel from 1608, when Avercamp was just 23, "Winter Landscape with Ice Skaters" is peopled by engaged in all sorts of activities. All dressed for the wintry conditions, many are simply going about their daily chores: a group of fishermen try to free a frozen sailboat in the foreground, whilst in the background another boat sails away on a sled. In the lower left corner, a dog chews on a frozen carcass (an addition that Avercamp also used in other, later, paintings). The church on the horizon gives the impression of a nearby village or town.
6. The small (15"x18") "Woman in Blue Reading a Letter" dates to 1662-63. The interior scene of domestic life is typical of an artist who amazingly produced a mere 34 paintings in his lifetime. Who is this artist?

Answer: Johannes Vermeer

Born in 1832 in the South Holland city of Delft, Johannes Vermeer lived most of his life in relative obscurity. Indeed, it was only in the 19th century that he was recognized as one of the greatest painters of the Dutch Golden Age. Most of the 34 paintings universally attributed to him depict interior scenes of domestic middle-class life.

Bequeathed to the city of Amsterdam by Adriaan van der Hoop in 1854, "Woman in Blue Reading a Letter" has been on perpetual loan from the city to the Rijksmuseum since 1885 (and it was the first of Vermeer's works acquired by the museum). Although the style of the painting makes it instantly identifiable as the work of Vermeer, it is unique amongst all of his interior paintings in that no part of a corner, ceiling or second wall is visible.

Three other Vermeer paintings, "The Little Street", "The Milkmaid" and "The Love Letter" have since been added to the collection displayed at the Rijksmuseum.
7. "Company in a Courtyard Behind a House" is a 1663 work by another master of the Dutch Golden Age. Best-known for his genre works of quiet domestic scenes (many of them interiors), he is another of those artists whose paintings have a distinctive look. Who is this artist?

Answer: Pieter de Hooch

Pieter de Hooch was born in Rotterdam in 1629. He was a contemporary of Vermeer, both of whom lived in Delft simultaneously for a period. Both also produced works in a similar style, although each with a distinctive appearance due to the use of light. De Hooch began his paintings career with numerous works depicting soldiers or peasants, but around the time he started his own family in the mid-1650s he switched to interior domestic scenes showing acute observance of everyday details.

"Company in a Courtyard Behind a House" is another work that belongs to the city of Amsterdam that is on permanent loan to the Rijksmuseum. Although this is a rare outdoor scene by de Hooch, it still contains the essential elements of a family carrying out mundane tasks. The seated lady squeezes lemon into a glass of wine while the gentleman with the pipe watches. There are also two servants, one delivering a beer to the couple while the other scours a brass pot.

Another de Hooch painting, "A Woman with a Child in a Pantry", can also be seen at the Rijksmuseum.
8. Displayed in the 'Gallery of Honour' at the Rijksmuseum, "The Feast of St. Nicholas" is an oil on canvas dating to 1663-65. Packed with colour and lively to the point of chaos, this is typical of many works by this genre painter from the Dutch Golden Age, although he also painted historical, mythological and religious scenes, portraits, landscapes and still lifes. Who is this artist?

Answer: Jan Steen

Jan Havickszoon Steen was born to a family of brewers in 1626 in the university city of Leiden in central Netherlands. Although he died at the age of just 52, Steen was a prolific artist, producing more than 800 paintings of which almost half survive today. A master of light and renowned for his attention to detail, more than half of his paintings depict scenes of daily life. Steen's own family frequently modeled for his genre scenes.

"The Feast of St. Nicholas" (or 'Sinterklass') is celebrated in The Netherlands on December 5. Steen's painting, in typical chaotic style, shows an ordinary Dutch family of the time at home during the festivities. Note the contrast between the children: the girl in the centre has been well-behaved and St. Nicholas has rewarded her with a doll and other treats in her shoe, whilst her elder brother has apparently been naughty as his shoe is empty.

Other Steen works in the Rijksmuseum collection include two other scenes of family life, "Prince's Day" and "The Sick Woman" and one of his religious paintings, "The Adoration of the Shepherds".
9. Painted sometime around 1670, "The Windmill at Wijk bij Duurstede" is a work by an artist widely considered the pre-eminent landscape painter of the Dutch Golden Age. Particularly noted for his big skies and numerous paintings of waterfalls, he was both prolific and versatile. Who is this artist?

Answer: Jacob van Ruisdael

Jacob Isaackszoon van Ruisdael was born in 1629 in the city of Haarlem in the Dutch Republic. Three other members of his family were also noted landscape artists, leading to problems correctly attributing all of Jacob's works. Much in demand during his own lifetime, his work can be seen today in numerous galleries around the world, with the largest collections in the Rijksmuseum, the Hermitage in St. Petersburg and the National Gallery in London.

"Windmill at Wijk bij Duurstede" shows a riverside scene dominated by a cylindrical windmill. Located some 15 miles along the Rhine from Utrecht, the windmill no longer stands although its foundations are still there. The painting's popularity can perhaps be judged by Rijksmuseum gift shop postcard sales -- only Rembrandt's "Night Watch" and Vermeer's "View of Delft" sell more.
10. The Rijksmuseum also houses a small collection of works by foreign artists. This tempera on panel, "Madonna of Humility", painted in 1440 is the work of one of the great early Italian Renaissance painters. Who is this artist?

Answer: Fra Angelico

Born Guido di Pietro in 1395 in the commune north of Florence which was then called Rupecanina but is now known as Vicchio. A humble priest, he was known during his lifetime as Fra Giovanni da Fiesole (Brother John of Fiesole), but he is remembered today as Fra Angelico (meaning "Angelic Friar"). As an artistn he is particularly known for his altarpieces and frescoes, painted in both Gothic and Renaissance styles. His "Lives of the Saints" series at the Vatican remain one of the greatest works of art from the era.

"Madonna of Humility" is a general name used to describe artistic portrayals of the Virgin Mary sitting on the ground or a low cushion, often the Child Jesus in her lap. Famous depictions of this scene include those by Domenico di Bartolo, Filippo Lippi and Bernardo Daddi, whilst Fra Angelico produced numerous paintings using this theme. His two most famous versions are those in the Rijksmuseum and in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC.
Source: Author EnglishJedi

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