A king of the House of Orange - portraits of Willem II of the Netherlands

Unknown artist, 1815.

Jan Baptist van der Hulst, 1848.

Nicolaas Pieneman, 1849.

Jan Baptist van der Hulst, 1833.

 Nicaise de Keyser, 1846.

Louis-Henri de Fontenay (?), 1840.

After John Singleton Copley, circa 1813-15.

Unknown artist, circa 1840s.

William Salter, 1840. (This very curious painting - crude to begin with, like all of Salter's work - looks also to be quite damaged, possibly by fire.)

François Joseph Kinson, 1830.

Jan Adam Kruseman, 1842.

Jan Adam Kruseman, 1840.

Willem II at his desk in the Kneuterdijk Palace, by Augustus Wijantz, 1847.

Nicolaas Pieneman, circa 1840s.

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I've written about Willem II before - his life, his wife, and other things - here.

Ladies of the Rijksmuseum - a selection of paintings

Girl with an Oil Lamp at a Window, by Gerrit Dou, circa 1645-75.

Marie Fargues, wife of the artist, in Turkish costume, by Jean-Étienne Liotard, circa 1756-58.

The Sick Woman, by Jan Havickszoon Steen, circa 1663-66.

Portrait of an Old Lady, Possibly Elisabeth Bas, attributed to Ferdinand Bol, circa 1640-45.

Hortense de Beauharnais, Queen of Holland, by Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, circa 1805-09.

Seated Girl in Peasant Costume (the artist's sister Gesina), by Gerard ter Borch, circa 1650-60.

Marie de' Medici, consort of Henri IV, King of France, by Frans Pourbus the Younger (workshop of), circa 1590-1620.

Old Woman Saying Grace, also known as The Prayer without End, by Nicolaes Maes, circa 1656.

Johanna Henriette Engelen, second wife of Daniel Francis Schas, by Alexandre-Jean Dubois-Drahonet, 1826.

An Old Woman Reading, probably the Prophetess Hannah, by Rembrandt van Rijn, 1631.

Marie-Josèphe de Saxe, dauphine of France, by Jean-Étienne Liotard, 1749.

Girl Peeling an Apple, by Cornelis Bisschop, 1667.

Alida Christina Assink, by Jan Adam Kruseman, 1833.

The Anemic Lady, by Samuel van Hoogstraten, circa 1660-78.