Lines of Friendship commemorating Robert-Jan te Rijdt

17 November 2025 / Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum

During a well-attended gathering in the Auditorium of the Rijksmuseum the first copies of this comprehensive book (560 pages, 700 illustrations) were presented to the daughter and other family members of Robert-Jan te Rijdt, the Emeritus Curator of Drawings at the Rijksmuseum who passed away in November 2024.

No fewer than 57 authors contributed 55 art historical essays to this impressive book, which was originally intended as a Liber Amicorum to be presented to him on his 70th birthday on 11 August this year. Many of his friends and colleagues, including five members of the Delineavit et Sculpsit editorial board, wrote essays commemorating Robert Jan, who was a member of our board for 30 years.

It is a wide ranging publication with subjects from the late 16th century to the present day, but with a strong focus on the 18th century. All visual arts are represented: paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, applied arts, and garden architecture.

The editing was done by our former chairman Charles Dumas, together with Charles Kang, Marleen Ram and Gajus Scheltema. The design and layout are by Dumas together with the publisher Evelyn de Regt. Copies can be ordered from her publishing house Primavera Pers in Leiden.