I Am Amsterdam, a photo from Noord-Holland, South

Photographer's Note

The Rijksmuseum which in English means-The State Museum, exists for more than two hundred years and today belongs to the most breathtaking museums in the world.

It is in 1800, that The Amsterdam Rijksmuseum opened first its collection to the public as the Nationale Kunstgallerij (National Art Gallery). Since then, it moved several times before being established in Amsterdam (1808) by the decree of the King of the Netherlands Louis Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon. Named then the Royal Museum, received in 1815 from the Dutch King Willem I its present name. In 1885 Rijksmuseum moved to its beautiful building, designed by the Dutch architect Petrus J.H. Cuypers. It has been built in the then fashionable Dutch neo-Renaissance style, using historical neo-Gothic elements in it form and decoration.

The unique position Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam gained in the world throughout the centuries, comes not only from the possession of many masterpiece paintings of Dutch and world art. Along the masterworks like Rembrandt's "Night watch", several paintings by Vermeer, van Dyck and Jan Steen, the museum has truly exceptional collection of the antique objects of the material Dutch culture, vast collection of prints, drawings and the classic photography.

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Sergiom (117241) 2017-02-04 6:12

Bonjour Zbigniew,

Quelle belle composition. La symétrie est parfaite et en plus tu profites parfaitement de la flaque d'eau comme miroir .Superbe technique et bon oeil.

Bon samedi

Serge

GyurMaster (24830) 2017-02-04 6:26

Hello Zbigniew,

Very nice reflections!

Best Wishes,
Gy

Silvio1953 (221593) 2017-02-04 6:57

Ciao Zbigniew, great perspective on fantastic palace, lovely composition with fascinating reflections, excellent clarity, splendid light and wonderful colors, very well done, my friend, have a good week end, ciao Silvio

sacimar (38173) 2017-02-04 7:51

Hello Zbigniew,

good image of this famous museum, I like the composition with the reflection, details are excellent, well done,

Best regards,

Sergio

No_One (4) 2017-02-04 8:10

Hi Zbigniew
It is great even the rain gives an opportunity for a photo that is not normally there, exorcising with great architecture such as this. A long lead into the scene creates shown depth
Best wishes
Noel

dta (98848) 2017-02-04 9:47

Hello Zbigniew ,
This rainy day was a good opurtunity to catture this amazing reflection of the superb buildings .
well done .

jhm (211736) 2017-02-08 4:11

Hello Zbigniew,

You show us a wonderful image of the frontage of the State Museum in Amsterdzm.
I like the reflections in foreground this is wonderful.
The weather was grey and dark but your picture is real beautiful
An excellent perspective and depth picture.
Very well done, TFS.

Have a nice day,
John.

COSTANTINO (116490) 2017-02-17 13:55

Hello dear friend and have a nice time
and a happy weekend
lovely and technical photo perfectly captured
with symmetry and artistic details very well
composed your useful notes about the state
Museum exists for more than two hundred
years great perspectiv on fantastic place
regards
Costantino

batalay (41261) 2017-02-18 4:36

Hello Zbigniew,

I like very much the symmetric perspective you selected to shoot this wonderful photo. In January 2010 I stood at the same spot, but there was construction/restoration going on, and a large curtain was draped over a large portion of the building. The masterpiece, Nightwatch, that you mention is truly magnificent, but it is a testimony to the saying, "There is a limit to genius, but stupidity knows no bounds." They cut off several feet (over 1 meter) from one end of the painting in order to fit it into the designated room. It's a wonderful photo of the great museum. But for a painting as great is your country of birth, Leonardo's "Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani" (otherwise known as "Lady with an Ermine") the treasure of the Czartoryski Museum in Krakow.

Warm regards,

Bulent

ricardomattos (17460) 2017-02-18 5:30

Absolutely beautiful this Picture. Great reflections of this impressive building. I like a lot !

All the best for you

Ricardo

npecanhuk (79329) 2017-02-25 6:54

Hello Zbigniew!
Wonderful building!
Truly beautiful picture!
Sharpness, exposure, colors, chosen pov and composition with symmetric reflections are all excellent!
TFS - congrats,
Cheers,
Neyvan

worldcitizen (16072) 2017-04-12 13:44

Hello Zbigniew,
I like this composition. Not only have you captured the beautiful architecture of the museum, but there are also some great reflections. I like this kind of view, and it's also nice that there is a lot of activity in this spot.