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 taco dibbits director of collections at rijksmuseum amsterdam
taco dibbits

taco dibbits -lrb- born 1968 -rrb- is an art historian -lrb- amsterdam free university / university of cambridge -rrb- and first came to the rijksmuseum as curator of 17th-century painting in 2002 .
prior to that time , he was a director in the old master paintings department at christie 's , london .
in recent years , as head of the department of fine and decorative arts , he has led a team of curators of paintings , sculpture , applied art and asiatic art at the rijksmuseum .
he was instrumental in many of the museum 's acquisitions , including jan steen 's remarkable `` burgomaster of delft '' and gerrit berckheyde 's `` view of the herengracht , amsterdam '' , and was closely involved in the successful rembrandt-caravaggio exhibition of 2006 .
since he began working at the rijksmuseum , dibbits has played an important role in developing the layout of the new rijksmuseum .
he is currently director of collections at the rijksmuseum .
taco dibbits is also a contributing author to the books `` dutch drawings of the seventeenth century in the rijksmuseum , amsterdam : artists born between 1580 and 1600 '' -lrb- 1997 -rrb- , `` rembrandt - caravaggio '' -lrb- 2006 -rrb- , and `` dutch paintings of the 17th century in the rijksmuseum , amsterdam : artists born between 1570 and 1600 '' -lrb- 2008 -rrb- .
he has also published on the drawings of italian 16th-century artist girolamo muziano .
