Editing Rijksmuseum (section)

===19th century===
On 31 May 1800, the National Art Gallery ([[Dutch language|Dutch]]: ''Nationale Kunst-Galerij''), precursor of the Rijksmuseum, opened in [[Huis ten Bosch]] in [[The Hague]]. The museum exhibited around 200 paintings and historic objects from the collections of the Dutch [[stadtholder]]s.<ref name="history"/><ref name="nrc"/> 
In 1805, the National Art Gallery moved within [[The Hague]] to the [[Prince William V Gallery]], on the [[Buitenhof (The Hague)|Buitenhof]].<ref name="history"/> In 1806, the [[Kingdom of Holland]] was established by [[Napoleon]] Bonaparte. On the orders of king [[Louis Bonaparte]], brother of Napoleon, the museum moved to [[Amsterdam]] in 1808. Paintings owned by that city, such as ''[[The Night Watch]]'' by [[Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn|Rembrandt]], became part of the collection. In 1809, the museum opened in the [[Royal Palace (Amsterdam)|Royal Palace]] in [[Amsterdam]].<ref name="history"/>

In 1817, the museum moved to the [[Trippenhuis]]. The Trippenhuis turned out to be unsuitable as a museum. In 1820, the historical objects were moved to the [[Mauritshuis]] in The Hague and in 1838, the 19th-century paintings "''of living masters''" were moved to King Louis Bonaparte's former summer palace [[Paviljoen Welgelegen]] in [[Haarlem]].<ref name="history"/>

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 | quote  = "Did you know that a large, new building will take the place of the Trippenhuis in Amsterdam? That's fine with me; the Trippenhuis is too small, and many paintings hang in such a way that one can't see them properly."
 | source =&nbsp;– [[Vincent van Gogh]] in a letter to his brother [[Theo van Gogh (art dealer)|Theo]] in 1873.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://vangoghletters.org/vg/letters/let004/letter.html |title=To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Tuesday, 28 January 1873.  |access-date=24 March 2018}}</ref> Vincent himself would later become a painter and some of his works would be hanging in the museum.
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In 1863, there was a [[Architectural design competition|design contest]] for a new building for the Rijksmuseum, but none of the submissions was considered to be of sufficient quality. [[Pierre Cuypers]] also participated in the contest and his submission reached the second place.<ref name="bma1">{{cite web
  | title = Stadhouderskade 42. Rijksmuseum (1876/85)
  | work = Monumenten en Archeologie in Amsterdam
  | publisher = [[Amsterdam (municipality)|City of Amsterdam]]
  | url = http://www.bma.amsterdam.nl/adam/nl/msp/rijksmuseum.html
  | access-date = 1 April 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070209104451/http://www.bma.amsterdam.nl/adam/nl/msp/rijksmuseum.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 9 February 2007|language=nl}}</ref>

In 1876, a new contest was held and this time Pierre Cuypers won. The design was a combination of [[gothic architecture|gothic]] and [[renaissance]] elements. The construction began on 1 October 1876. On both the inside and the outside, the building was richly decorated with references to Dutch art history. Another contest was held for these decorations. The winners were [[Bart van Hove|B. van Hove]] and {{Ill|Frantz Vermeylen|fr}} for the [[sculpture]]s, {{Ill|Georg Sturm|nl}} for the [[tile panel]]s<!-- {{Ill|Tegeltableau|nl} --> and [[painting]] and W.F. Dixon<!-- {{Q|104919162}} --> for the [[stained glass]]. The museum was opened at its new location on 13 July 1885.<ref name="bma1"/>{{dead link|date=January 2016}}

In 1890, a new building was added a short distance to the south-west of the Rijksmuseum. As the building was made out of fragments of demolished buildings, the building offers an overview of the history of Dutch [[architecture]] and has come to be known informally as the 'fragment building'. It is also known as the 'south wing' and is currently (in 2013) branded the ''[[Philips]] Wing''.