Bad hair day? It’s all in the eye of the beholder. Hair has always moved with the times, changing right alongside the fashions of every era. Big and bold when the moment called for it, quiet and understated when it didn't. 🪮 👁️ https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection

Colf Players on the Ice captures a classic Dutch winter. It is the earliest known depiction of colf, one of the oldest ball games in the Low Countries, and a forerunner of golf. 🏌️ ℹ️ www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/press/press-releases/iconic-winter-landscape-by-avercamp-to-return-to-the-netherlands-for-good

We don't know exactly who this boy is. He may have been a pupil or a child of Nicolas Bernard Lépicié, who painted him around 1772. Perhaps he was a budding little artist himself! Either way, his sketchbook is right there with him. ✏️  👁️ https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200419594

A book, a nice spot in the grass and a parasol within reach. This young woman doesn't seem to need much more to keep herself entertained. Frits Jansen painted her lying in the grass among the trees, with an open book beside her. ☀️📖 👁️ Discover it yourself: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/20027378

After Rembrandt suffered financial difficulties in the 1650s, the Amsterdam élite no longer knocked on his door as often as they had before. He nevertheless remained popular: this important guild commissioned him to paint a group portrait.  👁️ https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200107929

As many of you requested, more of the Van Eeghen Drawing Book! The colours alone are worth pausing for - blues as vivid as the day they were painted, because these drawings have barely seen light in 400 years.  👁️ https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/whats-on/exhibitions/in-the-rijksmuseum-print-cabinets

What made you smile today? 😃 Be the reason someone smiles today! Here are a few golden smiles from our collection, each one capturing a little moment of joy. Can you recognise the artworks they come from? 👁️ https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/discover

After her short time as Queen of Holland, Hortense de Beauharnais settled at Villa Arenenberg, on Lake Constance in Switzerland. Hortense was a talented musician and composer, and the cultural gatherings she hosted at home were renowned. 🥂 👁️ https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200411699

Rembrandt painted his son Titus in 1660 wearing the robes of a Franciscan monk. According to the rules of their order, these monks were expected to live in poverty and humility. This is reflected in Titus's coarse robe and downcast eyes.  👁️ Discover it yourself: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200107937

This painting is both a celebration of earthly wealth and a reminder of the fleeting nature of life itself. On closer inspection some of the fruit has begun to over ripen. 🐛🦋 👁️ https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200108431

When three-year-old Hendrik Waller sat for his portrait in 1890, a toy horse made it into the painting too. Pieter Oyens portrayed the child sitting on a chair in a white dress, together with the toy horse on wheels. 🥰 👁️ https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/20025969

Do you think museums should completely fill their walls with paintings? 🖼️ 🖼️ Adriaan de Lelie, Portrait of the Collector Josephus Augustinus Brentano, 1813. On loan from Stichting Brentano's Steun des Ouderdoms

Horses, camels, hunters and dogs: there's a lot going on in this 18th-century view of Ankara. Amid all the activity, the foreground takes you through the different stages of wool production, from Angora goat to market. Who's buying? 🐐🧶 👁️ https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200108082

In the 17th century, lace was the height of luxury. Handcrafted with incredible skill and patience, it framed faces, softened fabrics, and signified wealth and refinement. 🤍 👁️ https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/discover

For this still life from 1910, Floris Verster chose a green ginger jar. Verster filled it with brightly coloured zinnias. The result is a pretty cheerful little bouquet! 💐 👁️ https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/20028477

Only two weeks left to see Ed van der Elsken. Up Close! This is as close to Ed van der Elsken as you can get: well-known classics alongside never-before-seen photographs and behind the scenes materials.  🎟️ Book your ticket: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/whats-on/exhibitions/ed-van-der-elsken

Those shiny redcurrants look as if you could pick them straight from the branch. But take a closer look at the translucent grapes, the velvety peaches and the glossy cherries, too. 🍒🍑 Jacob van Walscapelle gave each fruit its own colour, shine and texture. 👁️ https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/20027538

To save her father Cimon, from starving to death, Pero secretly breastfed him while he was imprisoned. In doing so, Pero kept him alive, and he was eventually pardoned. This story from ancient Rome is one of extraordinary compassion and self-sacrifice. 🤍 👁️ https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200758798

From time to time, our paintings are carefully dusted by our conservators, using a soft brush to gently remove dust from the surface. This time, it was Vermeer's Love Letter that was due for a clean.  🖼️ Johannes Vermeer, The Love Letter,  c. 1669 - c. 1670, Supported by the Vereniging Rembrandt

In Adriaen van de Venne’s Fishing for Souls, Protestants and Catholics compete to catch as many souls as possible, with very different bait. Look closely and you’ll even find a tiny fly that seems to sit right on the surface of the painting.  https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200108516

What do you love most about your dog? 🐾 Loyal, expressive, and often stealing the scene, dogs have been showing up in paintings for centuries and we hope they have no intention of stopping. 🐕 👁️ Discover more dogs: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/node/hond--a9214ad010573372c97ce03650a318c1

In the 17th century, many Dutch artists packed their bags and headed to Italy - drawn in by classical antiquity, golden light and landscapes unlike anything back home.  🔍 Discover more: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/stories/one-hundred-masterpieces/story/italianate-landscape-with-draughtsman

Who would you say hello to first? 🚪 The woman doing the laundry in the alley? The children playing on the doorstep? Or the woman with her needlework in the doorway?    👁️ https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200108371

Now that's what you call a family tree! At the bottom of the painting, Jesse, the patriarch, lies fast asleep. From his body grows a tree filled with the twelve kings of Judah, the ancestors of Christ. At the very top are the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child. 🌳 👁️ https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200107774

What would you photograph if you could only pick one subject? 📷 👁️ https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/node/Anna-Atkins--475ec801bfe456de80f2f6ad1a936778

Lucien Gaillard was one of the leading French Art Nouveau jewellery artists. In this hair comb with silver maple seeds, he was able to demonstrate his impressive technical skills.  🖼️ Lucien Gaillard, Hair comb with maple seeds, c. 1902 - c. 1906 👁️ Discover more: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200112585

Drinking is everywhere in art. Through the centuries, artists used scenes of people drinking to capture everyday life, but also to explore themes like celebration, friendship, temptation and excess. What do you think these drinkers are celebrating? 🥂 👁️ https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection

Take a moment to really look at Vermeer's Milkmaid - the stream of milk, the stillness of the room, the way light plays over every surface in hundreds of tiny, colourful dots. Even the simplest every day moment can contain a world of beauty. 🤍 👁️ https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200108369

Among bowls piled high with fruit and fine Chinese porcelain, Osias Beert made room for a fly at his table. It’s this tiny detail that brings the still life to life. And the fly isn’t alone: a butterfly has joined the feast too. 🦋🪰 👁️ https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/20026590

Young Rembrandt loved to experiment. In this self-portrait, he did so with light and shadow. By letting the light fall only across his right cheek, the rest of his face remains hidden in darkness. It takes a moment to realise that he's looking straight at you. 👁️ https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200107941