Dordrechts Museum Permanent Collection

Of the monumental altarpieces once found in Dordrecht, very little survives This Antwerp work originally hung in the Great Church. In 1572, following the Reformation, it was moved to the town hall.

This is the classic view of a Dutch city on the water: a church, windmills, boats, impressive cloud formations and water. Van Goyen made a series of sketches in and around Dordrecht in 1648.

Self-assured, artistically attired and glowing with colour. A self-portrait in the spirit of Rembrandt, from whom Bol learned the finer points of the painting craft.

Tulips in the ground. An unusual still life for the time. Just like the tulip itself, an exotic bloom for which collectors were prepared to hand over astronomical sums.

Barely distinguishable from the real thing, Van Hoogstraten managed to fool the Emperor Ferdinand III with a trompe-l’oeil like this, earning him a medal of honour, prominently displayed here.

Coorte’s exceptionally refined technique was forgotten for many years. But today he once again belongs among the best-loved still-life painters of the Dutch Golden Age.

A wall hanging populated with the most beautiful birds. Native and exotic varieties painted extremely naturally - as only Aert Schouman knew how. The canvas was part of a series of five.

The teacher is distracted by the younger brother playing. A humorous scene based on the 17th-century model. But Van Strij’s precise, vivid painting style is unmistakably of its own time.

Greek Philosopher Plato distinguished between 2 kinds of love: a heavenly, spiritual form and an earthly, sensual one. Scheffer depicts this literally with heavenly love looking down at earthly love.

'Light and sky, now that is real art! It inspired him to paint this surprising landscape, or – as one of his contemporaries said – a 'poem in paint' with a beautiful blue sky and a single white cloud.

One of Mesdag’s most beautiful seascapes, purchased directly from the artist himself. Imposing and so realistic with its high horizon that it makes it seem as if the painter himself was on the water.

The carefree world of childhood in a poignant, yet robustly laid down impression. Blommers saw children like this almost every day in Scheveningen.

Dordrecht through the eyes of a Frenchman. Boudin’s natural talent as an outdoor painter bursts from the panel. The reflections in the water alone are a feast for the eye.

Who is this woman in a Scottish outfit? Her gaze strays towards the painter. Scottish Dance dates from Israel’s time in Paris (1904-1913). He lived in Montmartre, at the heart of Parisian nightlife.

Breitner’s heart lay with the workers and workhorses. His city is Amsterdam, the working city. The horses are viewed from below. They come towards you, panting and steaming in the snow.

Veth painted the famous painter Max Liebermann in Berlin. It was, as Veth later recalled, quite a challenge. He learned a lot, much more ‘than from the approval offered by less critical individuals’.

A spectacular landscape that shimmers with light and colour, executed in the Pointillist style. A new painting technique that had originated in Paris and which Toorop introduced to the Netherlands.

A striking recollection of Paris by night. A dazzling vision in blue, like a fairy tale. Unusual light sources intrigued Sluijters in the 1910s. He painted many moonlit scenes.

The apples and pears are by no means perfect, and set against the menacing background they are even a little unreal. Koch was a magical realist: his reality was ‘possible, but not probable’.

Ouborg uses abstract and surreal elements and stirs up the imagination. A mixture of fantasy and reality.

In the years following the war, traditions were put aside. It was the age of freedom, experimenting, of dreaming and myths.

Painted in spots of blue, white and black. Colours that Fernhout perceived outside. He felt an intens connection to nature.

Dumas’ portraits are based on photographs, film stills and television images. Everyone is a potential model, from celebrities to strangers and people from her own surroundings.

Daniels, among others, helped generate renewed interest in the art of painting during the eighties. His work still inspires young artists.

17th-century paintings of laid tables were known in Dutch as breakfast pieces. Beutener is playing with the idea, but is using them as form and colour in a tightly organised, almost abstract image.

Van Havers' paintings offer snapshots of daily life in Amsterdam South-East, or similar places where the artist has worked worldwide. Her paintings are often monumental.

Landscape, light and colour are important subjects in the works of Robert Zandvliet (1970).