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 +[[Image:Woman at her Toilet (Jan Steen, Rijksmuseum) (detail).jpg |thumb|right|200px|''[[Woman at her Toilet (Jan Steen, Rijksmuseum)|Woman at her Toilet]]'' (c. 1661-65) by Jan Steen. This detail shows the legs with [[sock marks]].]]
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 +The '''Rijksmuseum Amsterdam''' or '''Rijksmuseum''' is a [[Dutch museum]] in [[Amsterdam]] which houses a large collection of [[painting]]s from the [[Dutch Golden Age]].
-The '''Rijksmuseum Amsterdam''' or '''Rijksmuseum''' is a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[national museum]] in [[Amsterdam]], located on the [[Museumplein]]. The museum is dedicated to [[arts]], [[crafts]], and [[history]]. It has a large collection of [[painting]]s from the [[Dutch Golden Age]] and a substantial collection of [[Asian art]].+The museum has on display 8,000 objects of [[art]] and [[history]], from their total collection of 1 million objects from the years 1200–2000, among which are some masterpieces by [[Rembrandt]], [[Frans Hals]], and [[Johannes Vermeer]].
-==Collection==+
-The paintings collection includes works by artists [[Jacob van Ruysdael]], [[Frans Hals]], [[Johannes Vermeer]], [[Jan Steen]] and [[Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn|Rembrandt]] and Rembrandt's pupils.+
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-===Rembrandt===+
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-The Paintings in the collection by [[Rembrandt|Rembrandt van Rijn]]:+
-*''[[:File:Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 154.jpg|Tobit and Anna with the Kid goat]]''+
-*''Musical Allegory''+
-*''Self Portrait'' 1629+
-*''Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem''+
-*''An Old Woman Reading, probably the Prophetess Anna''+
-*''Bust of Young Woman (probably Saskia van Uylenburgh)''+
-*''Joseph Telling his Dreams''+
-*''Portrait of Johannes Wtenbogaert''+
-*''Portrait of van Haesje Jacobsdr van Cleyburgh''+
-*''Landscape with a Stone Bridge''+
-*''Dead Peacocks and a Girl''+
-*''Portrait of Maria Trip''+
-*''[[Night Watch (painting)|The Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq and Lieutenant Willem van Ruytenburch]]''+
-*''Portrait of Ephraim Bueno''+
-*''The Denial of Peter''+
-*''Titus as a Monk''+
-*''Self-portrait as the Apostle Paul''+
-*''[[Syndics of the Drapers' Guild]]''+
-*''[[The Jewish Bride]]''+
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-===Johannes Vermeer===+
-Paintings in the collection by [[Johannes Vermeer]]:+
-*''[[The Milkmaid (Vermeer)|The Milkmaid]]''+
-*''[[The Love Letter (Vermeer)|The Love Letter]]''+
-*''[[Woman in Blue Reading a Letter]]''+
-*''[[The Little Street (Vermeer)|The Little Street]]''+
- +
-===Frans Hals===+
-Paintings in the collection by [[Frans Hals]]:+
-*''[[Portrait of a Young Couple]]''+
-*''[[The Company of Reynier Real]]''+
-*''[[The Jolly Drinker]]''+
-*''[[Portrait of Lucas De Clercq]]''+
-*''[[Portrait of Nicolaes Hasselaer]]''+
-*''[[Portrait of a Man]]''+
- +
-===Jan Steen===+
-Paintings in the collection by [[Jan Steen]].+
-*''[[The Feast of Saint Nicholas]]+
-*''The Drunken Pair''+
-*''[[The Toilet]]''+
-*''Adolf en Catharina Croeser''+
-*''Arent Oostwaard and his wife''+
 +==See also==
 +*[[Rijksprentenkabinet]]
 +*[[List of painters in the collection of the Rijksmuseum ]]
 +*[[Woman at her Toilet (Jan Steen, Rijksmuseum)]]
 +*''[[Still Life with Asparagus]]'' (1697)
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The Rijksmuseum Amsterdam or Rijksmuseum is a Dutch museum in Amsterdam which houses a large collection of paintings from the Dutch Golden Age.

The museum has on display 8,000 objects of art and history, from their total collection of 1 million objects from the years 1200–2000, among which are some masterpieces by Rembrandt, Frans Hals, and Johannes Vermeer.

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