Editing Rijksmuseum (section)

==Collection==
{{See also|120 Paintings from the Rijksmuseum|List of painters in the collection of the Rijksmuseum}}
[[File:Royal Charles.jpg|thumb|Royal crest from the stern of the ''Royal Charles'']]
The collection of the Rijksmuseum consists of 1&nbsp;million objects and is dedicated to [[arts]], [[crafts]], and [[history]] from the years 1200 to 2000. Around 8,000 objects are currently on display in the museum.<ref name="renovation"/>

The collection contains more than 2,000 [[painting]]s from the [[Dutch Golden Age]] by notable painters such as [[Jacob van Ruisdael]], [[Frans Hals]], [[Johannes Vermeer]], [[Jan Steen]], [[Rembrandt]], and Rembrandt's pupils.<ref name="renovation"/><!-- For a list of these painters as well as from other time periods, see the [[list of painters in the collection of the Rijksmuseum]].-->

The museum also has a small Asian collection which is on display in the Asian pavilion.<ref name="renovation"/>

Some of the more unusual items in the collection include the royal crest from the [[stern]] of {{HMS|Royal Charles|1660|6}} which was captured in the [[Raid on the Medway]], the [[Hartog plate]] and the FK35 ''Bantam'' biplane.

In 2012,<ref>{{cite web|title=Rijksmuseum lanceert Rijksstudio|url=http://creativecommons.nl/2012/10/31/rijksmuseum-lanceert-rijksstudio/|website=Creative Commons Nederland|access-date=30 July 2015|language=nl|archive-date=9 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409100122/http://creativecommons.nl/2012/10/31/rijksmuseum-lanceert-rijksstudio/|url-status=dead}}</ref> the museum made some 125,000 [[high-resolution]] images available for download via its Rijksstudio webplatform,<ref>[https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/rijksstudio Rijkstudio] promotes and enables the reuse of the Rijksmuseum collection.</ref> with plans to add another 40,000 images per year until the entire collection of one million works is available, according to [[Taco Dibbits]], director of collections.<ref>{{cite news |author=Nina Siegal |title=Masterworks for One and All |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/29/arts/design/museums-mull-public-use-of-online-art-images.html?adxnnl=1&ref=todayspaper&adxnnlx=1369842073-mpR6CFhG/PEY5pGGJfuDXw |work=The New York Times |date=28 May 2013 |access-date=28 May 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media |people=Erik Boekesteijn |date=12 April 2013 |title=TWIL #94: Peter Gorgels (Internet Manager Rijksmuseum) |series=This Week in Libraries |medium=Video podcast |url=http://www.thisweekinlibraries.com/?p=520 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130720095444/http://www.thisweekinlibraries.com/?p=520 |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 July 2013 |access-date=11 June 2013 |publisher=Shanachiemedia |location=Amsterdam }}</ref> As of January 2021, the Rijksstudio hosts 700,000 works, available under a [[Creative Commons license|Creative Commons 1.0 Universal]] license, essentially copyright-free and royalty-free.