Rembrandt and Van Gogh in Amsterdam
By sandra. Filed in Art, Holland, Museum |
For a first quiet day in Amsterdam, head to the Rijksmuseum (www.rijksmuseum.nl) for the works of Rembrandt, Frans Hals, delftware and more and the Van Gogh Museum (www.vangoghmuseum.nl), which are easy to double date as they are down the street from each other.
For free, in the garden of the Rijksmuseum, see if you can find the collection of sculptures and ruins in the form of building fragments from five centuries of Dutch architecture from Gothic pillars to city gates, a mishmash of pilasters, gables, lion masks and pieces of monuments from all over the city.
You can learn more about Rembrandt by visiting his home (www.rembrandthuis.nl) which he bought at the height of his fame in 1639 but lost to bankruptcy by 1656. In his studio you can watch a demonstration of how each day paints were made by his students, and there is an exhibition of his etchings.
