Girl in a White Kimono is an 1894 oil painting by George Hendrik Breitner. The subject of the painting is the sixteen-year-old Geesje Kwak, of whom Breitner made a series of photographs and paintings
George Hendrik Breitner Meisje in witte kimono
Geesje Kwak in c. 1894, photographed by Breitner
The Rijksmuseum is the national museum of the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch arts and history, located at the Museum Square in the borough of Amsterdam South, close to the Van Gogh Museum, the Stedeli
Girl in a White Kimono
…and white kimonos. The painting was inspired by the style of Japanese prints and is an example of Japonisme. The painting is in the collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam…
Rijksmuseum at the Museumplein in 2019
The atrium after the renovation in 2013
French President Emmanuel Macron with members of the French and Dutch governments at the Rijksmuseum in 2023