John and Marine Fentener van Vlissingen have brought together an impressive collection of landscape drawings by Dutch and Flemish artists during fifty years of collecting. The Rijksmuseum is presenting an extensive selection of 115 masterpieces from this collection. The drawings range from Amsterdam and Utrecht to popular destinations for artists such as Italy, France and England and to exotic locations such as North and South Africa. Highlights include the Amsterdam landscapes of Rembrandt (1606-1669) and Jacob van Ruisdael (1628/29-1682). The Home and Abroad exhibition can be seen from 5 June to 21 September 2015 in the Philips Wing of the Rijksmuseum. Dutch artists have always had a reputation for being avid travellers. Under sometimes difficult conditions, they travelled on horseback, rattling stagecoaches, towing barges or on foot through the Netherlands, to Italy, Germany, England and/or France during the 16th, 17th and 18th
