Collecting paintings
by Jacob Adriaensz Backer
An immersive exploration of art pieces from the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Welcome to Rijkscollection
An immersive exploration of art pieces from the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
Search
Search and explore a custom collection based on your search term.
Click
Click any link in the title or description of a painting to open a new collection associatively.
Zoom
Zoom in on the high-resolution top pieces and see every brush stroke close up.
About Rijkscollection
Rijkscollection is a virtual museum offering an immersive exploration of art pieces from the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
Search
Search and explore a custom collection based on your search term.
Click
Click any link in the title or description of a painting to open a new collection associatively.
Zoom
Zoom in on the high-resolution top pieces and see every brush stroke close up.
This project uses the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam API.
Rijksstudio (beta)
You can explore the paintings of a custom collection made in Rijksstudio by copy-pasting the URL in the search input field.
Note: only a selection of paintings and drawings is available in Rijkscollection, so you may not see all pieces from your collection.
Credits
Rijkscollection is developed by Reinder Nijhoff.
Thanks to René Drieënhuizen, Tim Ruiters, Meinte van der Spiegel, Melle Baas, Hessel Bonenkamp, Vincent Jacobs, Joris van Raaij, Dennis de Rooij, Mattijs Kneppers and Marloes Robijn.
Support
You can support the development of Rijkscollection by giving feedback on how to improve this website. Feel free to report bugs, suggest improvements or request new features.
If you want, you can also buy me a coffee. Donations are highly appreciated and will be used to cover hosting costs and to buy (more) coffee.
