Rembrandt – The Conspiracy of the Batavians Under Claudius Civilis.
President Obama visited the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam today, the first ever visit by a serving US President. He was given a tour in the Gallery of Honour by Wim Pijbes, the museum’s general director, where world famous masterpices by Frans Hals, Jan Steen, Johannes Vermeer and Rembrandt are shown. The Gallery of Honour leads to the dedicated space created for Rembrandt’s greatest masterpiece: The Night Watch. Pijbes made a personal selection of works around the theme”virtues and values in the young Dutch Republic’.
Currently on view in the museum is Rembrandt’s The Conspiracy of the Batavians under Claudius Civilis, which is on loan from the National Gallery in Stockholm. It has been there for 150 years, leaving Sweden only twice in 1925 and 1969, both for showings at the Rijksmuseum.
Following a ten year renovation the Rijksmuseum re-opened in April 2013. Already more than three million visitors have gone through its doors.