Books and their Readers Route

Visit 12 works of this collection in the Rijksmuseum

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Books and their Readers in the museum

  • The Sampling Officials of the Amsterdam Drapers’ Guild, Known as ‘The Syndics’

    The Sampling Officials of the Amsterdam Drapers’ Guild, Known as ‘The Syndics’, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1662

    the Gallery of Honour

  • Still Life with Books

    Still Life with Books, Jan Lievens, c. 1628 - c. 1632

    Room 2.8

  • Johannes Wtenbogaert

    Johannes Wtenbogaert, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1633

    Room 2.8

  • Old Woman Reading, Probably the Prophetess Anna

    Old Woman Reading, Probably the Prophetess Anna, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1631

    Room 2.8

  • Man Smoking a Pipe

    Man Smoking a Pipe, Gerrit Dou, c. 1650

    Room 2.25

  • The Night School

    The Night School, Gerrit Dou, c. 1660 - c. 1665

    Room 2.25

  • The Shop of the Bookdealer Pieter Meijer Warnars on the Vijgendam in Amsterdam

    The Shop of the Bookdealer Pieter Meijer Warnars on the Vijgendam in Amsterdam, Johannes Jelgerhuis, 1820

    Room 1.14

  • Portrait of Willem Bilderdijk

    Portrait of Willem Bilderdijk, Charles Howard Hodges, 1810

    Room 1.12

  • Portrait of a Man

    Portrait of a Man, François André Vincent, c. 1795

    Room 1.9

  • Plaque depicting a woman reading

    Plaque depicting a woman reading, anonymous, c. 1770 - c. 1775

    Room 1.5

  • Portraits of a Couple, possibly Pieter Gerritsz Bicker and Anna Codde

    Portraits of a Couple, possibly Pieter Gerritsz Bicker and Anna Codde, Maarten van Heemskerck, 1529

    Room 0.4

  • Portrait of Daniele Barbaro

    Portrait of Daniele Barbaro, Paolo Veronese, 1556 - 1562

    Room 0.5

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