Jan 22, 2021 11:35:00

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam is releasing over 700,000 high-resolution paintings and works of art for free and copyright-free

The Rijksmuseum (Rijksmuseum) in the Netherlands has released a huge collection 'Rijks studio' with over 700,000 items online in the public domain. You can download high-resolution images for free, and since it is a

CC0 1.0 universal license, you can copy, modify, and distribute it without copyright or for commercial purposes.

Rijksstudio --Rijksmuseum
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/rijksstudio

Over 700,000 paintings from the Rijksmuseum online copyright free
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2021/01/21/over-700000-paintings-from-the-rijksmuseum-online-copyright-free/

When you access Rijks studio, it looks like this. Below the header image is a group of works organized by the Rijksmuseum, and below that is a group of works organized by general users along with the Rijksmuseum.

The groups organized by the Rijksmuseum include 'Highlights', 'Artists', 'Types of Art', etc. By default, '

Rembrandt van Rijn ', ' Johanne Vermeer ', and 'Paintings' are displayed as samples. I did.

As you scroll down the screen, various groups will be displayed like this ...

'Mystery'

'Asian sculpture'

'Sea'

You can see that there are various groups such as 'Doll House'.

'Poster'

There was a group that was displayed as 'barrier' with a thumbnail that had a tremendous impact, so I clicked on it.

Then you can see the works in the group. When I looked it up, 'varia' was the Dutch word for 'other', so it seems that someone packed in something that they thought 'I couldn't categorize it, but I want to save it.'

The great thing about Rijksmuseum is that you can see a close-up of a masterpiece that can only be seen from a distance in a museum. So, click on Vermeer's group ...

Select 'The

Milkmaid '.

Then, the painting was displayed on the full screen as shown below. You can zoom in and out from the magnifying glass icon at the bottom of the screen ...

Because it is a high-resolution image, I was able to get a close-up to the point where the brush marks can be clearly seen. The vivid

blue color of Ultramarine, which Vermeer continued to use even when his family was in a swamp of debt, stands out.

To download, press the scissors icon and click 'Download this work'.

Since it is necessary to create an account to download, click 'Sign up for your own Rijks studio'.

There are two methods, one is to use a Facebook account and the other is to use an email address, so this time I chose the email address.

Enter your account name, email address and password twice and click 'Sign up'.

Then, I was able to download a high-resolution JPEG image of 4500 x 4500 pixels or more.

Then press the heart symbol and click 'This whole work'.

From here, you can create a group like the one listed on the top page. The default notation was 'My first collection', so just click 'Add new set'.

When you return to the work display and click the account icon at the top right of the screen ...

A group of my own collection was created like this.