A richly illustrated book about the largest, most precious, and most famous doll’s house of the 17th century New photographs reveal every detail of this remarkable miniature home The doll’s house is one of the highlights of the Rijksmuseum’s exhibition At Home in the 17th Century (October 2025 – January 2026) At the end of the seventeenth century, in the vibrant city of Amsterdam, the wealthy Petronella Oortman commissioned a doll’s house. Crafted by the most skilled artisans from ...

Around 1500, portraiture flourished like never before. In countless European cities major Renaissance artists like Hans Holbein II, Albrecht Dürer, Hans Memling and Antonello da Messina produced lifelike portraits at the highest artistic level. For the first time in history, they not only immortalized kings and noblemen but also, and increasingly, powerful bankers, wealthy merchants and renowned scholars. These paintings, busts, medallions, prints and drawings still bear witness to their pow...