Jan Asselijn's The Threatened Swan shows a swan fiercely defending its nest against a dog

Jerusalem Stabile sculpture by Alexander Calder

Laocoön and his sons Antiphantes and Thymbraeus being attacked by sea serpents

Lobby and shop of the Rijksmuseum

Looking down at the reception area

Model of the Prins Willem which sailed from Middleburg to the East Indies in 1651

Our museum guide explains the Night Watch

Pasglas and wine jug?

Pasglas from the 17th century

Peasant Kermis by David Teniers

Portrait of a couple by Frans Hals. This pose of a happy, smiling pair together is unusual at the time

Portrait of Cornelia, Clara and Johanna Veth, the three sisters of Jan Veth

Portrait of Feyntje van Steenkiste by Frans Hals - 1635

Rembrandt experiments with light in this self-portrait

Rembrandt's masterpiece, the Night Watch