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The Rijksmuseum Amsterdam or Rijksmuseum is a Dutch national museum in Amsterdam, located on the Museumplein. The museum is dedicated to arts, crafts, and history. It has a large collection of paintings from the Dutch Golden Age and a substantial collection of Asian art.

Collection

The paintings collection includes works by artists Jacob van Ruysdael, Frans Hals, Johannes Vermeer, Jan Steen and Rembrandt and Rembrandt's pupils.

Rembrandt

The Paintings in the collection by Rembrandt van Rijn:

• 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
• 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

Johannes Vermeer

Paintings in the collection by Johannes Vermeer:

• The Milkmaid
• The Love Letter
• Woman in Blue Reading a Letter
• 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