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Rijksmuseum
/ ˈraɪxsmjuːˌzɪəm /
noun
- a museum in Amsterdam housing the national art collection of the Netherlands
Example Sentences
The largest restoration of Rembrandt's masterpiece, The Night Watch, is under way at the Rijksmuseum, in Amsterdam.
The Rijksmuseum curator Mara Lagerweij said she decided to focus on Desi as the main character for this exhibit, rather than Jacques, because so much has already been written about him.
Eventually, she worked with Chef Joris Bijdendijk — who was owner of the restaurants Rijks, inside of the Rijksmuseum, and Wils in Amsterdam — and he connected her with his publisher.
“He was not a sober painter,” said Friso Lammertse, co-curator of a major exhibition of the Dutch master’s paintings that opens this week at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum.
It’s the painting’s first overseas trip since 1870 and is one of 48 works by Hals gathered at the Rijksmuseum for the show.
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