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Who is the Girl with bird painted by Jan Mankes?

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Until recently, the identity of the girl in the painting was unknown, until a granddaughter contacted the RKD.
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Jan Mankes, Meisje met lijster, 1912, 42 x 31 cm, verblijfplaats onbekend, foto Christie’s

Exhibitions in The Hague celebrating 80 years of freedom

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In 2025, we will commemorate the liberation of the Netherlands eighty years ago.

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Tentoonstelling Herdenkingsmonumenten: Bevrijding in beeld

RKD Research enriched with medieval miniatures

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More than 27,000 descriptions have recently been added.
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Gregoriusmis (miniatuur) en Zielen in het vagevuur (gehistorieerde initiaal). Getijdenboek, vermoedelijk gemaakt voor iemand uit de familie van Lochorst, met geschilderde voorstellingen en margeversieringen door de Meester van Katherina van Kleef. Utrecht, ca. 1460 (Den Haag, Huis van het boek, Ms. MMW 10 F 50, ff. 147v-148r)

Olphaert den Otter donates study material to the RKD

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The donation includes material on the monumental artwork ‘Een onvergetelijke dag’.
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Olphaert den Otter, studie voor de tondo van de kristallen bol, 2025, collectie RKD

Digitisation of Rubens’ oeuvre catalogue nears completion

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The project will result in the world's largest digital oeuvre catalogue on a single artist.
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Peter Paul Rubens, Annunciatie, Rubenshuis, Antwerpen

Samuel van Hoogstraten gets online catalogue raisonné

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The RKD is working with the Rembrandthuis Museum on an online catalog raisonné.
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Samuel van Hoogstraten en Joachim Oudaan, Zelfportret van Samuel van Hoogstraten, 1677, collectie RKD

Herman Saftleven plaque unveiled

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On 14 January, a plaque was unveiled in Utrecht in honour of Herman Saftleven (1609-1685).
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State of affairs: RKD Research

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In this item you will find the latest state of affairs on the operation of RKD Research.
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Winter issue Oud Holland

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Adriaan de Vries and Nicolaas de Roever, a 140-year-old friendship.
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Cover Oud Holland 2024-4, jaargang 137

Call for papers

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In preparation of the Marks on Art symposium on 30 October 2025.
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Marks on art call for paper symposium

Summer Institute for Netherlandish Art 2025

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An exceptional international programme for emerging experts in the field of Netherlandish art.
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Catalogue of a Danish collection of Dutch and Flemish paintings

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Years of research resulting in the book Dutch and Flemish Painting at The Nivaagaard Collection.
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