NOW onward to beautiful art – today we spent the entire opening hours, from 9 AM to 5 PM, at the world-famous Rijksmuseum, home of the biggest Dutch art collection, including "The Masters".
The outside of the museum is impressive.
The inside is completely enclosed, with 3 floors devoted to art and artifacts.
Stained glass windows honor The Masters
At the end of a long Honor Hall hangs the focal painting by Rembrandt, The Night Watch. As many of these masterpieces, the size is overwhelming, often 20 x 40 feet or so. Asking it's worth, we are told that as it has never been on the market, it is impossible to set a value on it.
Vermeer's The Milkmaid is on display.
Adam and Eve are here, too, of course, in much larger than life.
Napoleon's portrait, certainly larger than he was.
His box with his personal pistols is on display.
Monet is here, too, but only 1 piece of artwork.
And one of my favorites, Van Gogh's self portrait.
The artwork is amazing and valued beyond comprehension. And there are a few watchful folks around a few pieces. But for the most part, these masterpieces are within a 2 foot reach of the viewer. And unprotected. OK, the 36 caret diamond has a wired glass box around it, but the majority of Rembrandt's, Vermeer's and van Gogh's work is basically unprotected. Very surprising.
Tomorrow we fly to Dublin! A few days in Ireland before our return home.
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