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Johanna and the Jewish Merchants, Cornelis Troost, 1741
Troost depicted a scene from the popular farce The Spendthrift or the Wasteful Woman. The central character, Johanna, wastes her new expensive finery on two Polish-Jewish traders, portrayed in a stereotypical manner. In reality, they are Johanna’s father and husband, who have disguised themselves in order to expose her. Perched on the chair at the left, amidst a variety of Chinese valuables, is a ring-tailed lemur from Madagascar.

Gift of Mr and Mrs Leopold Siemens-Ruyter, Blaricum
oil paint on panel, h 68.5cm × w 86cm
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Bottle, anonymous, 1684
The inscription on the body translates as: ‘Make use of everything’. The bottle was a gift to Catharina, one of the artist’s daughters.

On loan from the Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap
diamond-point engraving, h 24.2cm × d 14.7cm
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Rijksmuseum.nlBottleThe inscription on the body translates as: ‘Make use of everything’. The bottle was a gift to Catharina, one of the artist’s daughters.

Portrait of Philip the Fair, Duke of Burgundy, anonymous, c. 1500
Philip the Fair was the son of the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I and Mary, Duchess of Burgundy. He wears the insignia of the Order of the Golden Fleece, a small ram’s fleece on a chain. Only the most important nobles and princes could become members of the Order of the Golden Fleece.

Purchased with the support of the Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum
oil on panel, h 34cm × w 23cm
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The Adoration of the Shepherds, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1657
The adoration of the shepherds has often been depicted in graphic art. Rembrandt’s version is exceptional for the extreme rendering of the nocturnal gloom in the stable. To achieve this velvety darkness, he successively reduced the light in subsequent states. In this impression, he intensified the shadow around Joseph, so that only his book and the faces of Mary and the Christ Child are still illuminated.

etching, h 150mm × w 199mm
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