We left our camera in its holster, the better to concentrate on the paintings. However, the internet. Here are some particular treasures.
Jacob van Ruisdael's foreboding Winter Landscape, 1665:
Johannes Vermeer, of course, and the astonishing View of Houses in Delft, 1658:
Rembrandt's late Caravaggio-like Self-Portrait as the Apostle Paul, 1661:
Dramatically obscured internal light source in Rembrandt, The Conspiracy of the Batavians, 1661-2:
Pieter de Hooch's through views ...
Gabriel Metsu's Sick Child, ca. 1660:
As opposed to Frans Hals, Marriage Portrait of Abraham Massa and Beatrix van der Laen, 1662 ...
... or Adriaen van Utrecht, Banquet Still Life, 1644:
Aert van der Neer, River View by Moonlight, 1645:
Hendrick Avercamp, Enjoying the Ice, 1620:
Adam Pijnacker, Boatmen Moored on the Shore of an Italian Lake, 1668:
Rembrandt, Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, 1630:
Aelbert Cuyp fascinatingly problematical A Senior Merchant of the Dutch East India Company, c. 1640 ... :
Or, Abraham van den Tempel, David Leeuw with his Family, 1671:
Jan-Hendrick Weissenbruch, Autumn Landscape, 1875, and 1868's The Shipping Canal at Rijswijk:
Willem Witson, Winter Landscape, Vonstraat Harbour in Dordrecht 19... :
Finally, humbly, us again:
