The Rijksmuseum is probably the most important museum in Amsterdam, housing the works of the Old Dutch Masters such as Rembrandt, Vermeer, Steen, and one of my favorites, Pieter De Hooch. Rembrandt’s “The Night Watch” is probably one of the most well-known and most popular works in the museum, and is well worth a visit. I also especially like Vermeer’s “The Kitchen Maid” with its deep blues and yellows and subtle lighting; and I can spend more time than I should checking out everything that’s going on in “Winter Landscape with Skaters” by a deaf and mute painter named Hendrick Avercamp. What I like about Pieter De Hooch’s works is that he gives the viewer a keyhole into another scene, either a small view into another room of the house, or a small view outside toward a canal, such as in “The Linen Chest”.
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