Rijksmuseum Collection Online

The place to study Dutch painting at a level no gallery visit allows. In November 2024 the museum launched Collection Online as the successor to its long-running Rijksstudio, bringing around 800,000 artworks together with books and documentation in one searchable platform. Two image projects set it apart: The Night Watch photographed at 717 gigapixels in 2022, and ultra-high-resolution images of Vermeer's paintings published in 2023. Zooming into Rembrandt's paint surface until the texture of the pigment shows is the closest thing online to standing nose-to-canvas with a conservator. Check each work's download and reuse terms on the new platform before building teaching materials around it.