Overlooking Amsterdam’s Museumplein park, the Rijksmuseum is no slight undertaking, as far as museum visiting goes. Boasting a collection of some 6,000 pieces, it can easily take five hours to explore in its entirety.
If that’s too big a bite out of your time in Amsterdam, we offer suggestions for 11 works of art there that you should seek out. These recommendations span many of the greatest names from the Dutch Golden Age of painting, as well as a smattering of works from other periods and places.
You may notice that this list is overwhelmingly white and male. That is because the Rijksmuseum is notably limited in terms of diversity.
When it comes to Dutch classical painters, however, there is much to be seen.