New Rijksmuseum Amsterdam: Highlights (Book presentation)

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New Rijksmuseum Amsterdam: Highlights

The New Rijksmuseum Amsterdam: Highlights

A lavishly illustrated ebook (84 pages) on the New Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, describing the highlights from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. It contains the most important highlights of all centuries displayed at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam that re-opened after a major renovation. If you visit Amsterdam and have limited time, do visit this museum; it is a true treasure trove!

Late Rembrandt, the important Rembrandt exhibition also takes place at the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam unti the 17th of May 2015. It is recommended to read this guide beforehand so that you will be able to go through the galleries after your visit.

A perfect guide to preparing yourself to your visit and which makes sure that you’ll recognize and fully enjoy the masterworks when visiting the New Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.

Written in an engaging style, the book describes masterpieces of the Dutch Golden Age such as The Night Watch and the Jewish Bride by Rembrandt, The Milkmaid and The Woman Reading a Letter by Johannes Vermeer, and the famous pictures by Jan Steen and Frans Hals, amongst many others. The Jewish Bride and The Wardens of the Amsterdam Drapers Guild are two of the Late Rembrandt paintings that are on permanent display at the Rijksmuseum. So, should you miss the show (closes mid-May 2015), don’t worry, the permanent exhibition as well as this guide contains quite a few of them!

But the book is not only about the Dutch 17th century. It also describes the highlights of the 18th, 19th and 20th century, the masterpieces of the applied arts like earthenware, furniture and silver, and the exquisite collection of Asian art, displayed in the specially-built Asian pavilion.

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If you read this book before you visit the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, you will be able to fully appreciate and understand the works on display. An excellent introduction by an expert in the field.

Highly recommended before visiting the New Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam! The book is also available in French as Rijksmuseum Amsterdam : Les chefs-d’oeuvre – de Rembrandt, Vermeer, Frans Hals à Van Gogh.