Collection · Amsterdam, Netherlands

Rijksmuseum

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam: 699,063 works shared openly by the museum, shown in Auriaan as a galaxy of stars.

Opens the Auriaan flight. Every work is a star; the picture and its details come live from the museum.

At the museum

The museum's own page: Open data page, Rijksmuseum. Credit line used in Auriaan: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam · Public Domain.

Marianne Lavergne, niece of the artist, known as "La Liseuse" · Jean-Étienne Liotard · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam · Public Domain · View at the museum
In the tour Artists of Switzerland in the world's museums
Two Children with a Cat · Judith Leyster · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam · Public Domain · View at the museum
In the tour Animal hunt
Self-portrait as the Apostle Paul · Rembrandt van Rijn · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam · Public Domain · View at the museum
In the tour 1,800 years of faces
Bust portrait of Otani Oniji · Tōshūsai Sharaku · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam · Public Domain · View at the museum
In the tour 1,800 years of faces

Artists of Switzerland in the world's museumsTen artists born or at home in Switzerland, from Liotard to Klee, in nine museums around the world.
Animal huntEight animals are hiding in works of art from all over the world. Can you find them?
1,800 years of facesTen portraits, from Roman Egypt to Van Gogh. Look for the clues: who, when, and why?
Blue and whiteHow cobalt blue on white travelled from China to Turkey, Holland, Japan, Mexico, Korea and England: ten pieces, roughly in the order they were made.
The seaWaves, a storm, a calm, a harbour and a sunrise: eight ways of looking at the sea, across 3,000 years.
A walk through the seasonsA calm walk from spring to winter, in eight works. Large text, a gentle voice and no hurry.
Look closerSeven famous works, each with a small detail most people miss. Find it yourself, then hear its story.
Rembrandt, in the mirrorTen self-portraits, painted, etched and drawn: from the curly-haired young man to the old master.
VermeerThirteen of his rare paintings, in the order he made them: quiet rooms, letters and light.
Giovanni Battista PiranesiRome, real and imagined, in the order he etched it: ruins, squares, prisons, temples and a fireplace.
Hokusai & HiroshigeThe two masters of the Japanese landscape print, side by side: ten prints, in roughly the order they were made.