Mauritshuis

Introduction

Mauritshuis is a world-class art museum in The Hague, Netherlands. Housed in a 17th-century Dutch Classical mansion, it centers on Dutch Golden Age painting — highlights include Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring and Rembrandt's The Anatomy Lesson, plus works by Fabritius, Steen and de Hooch — the best museum for Dutch Golden Age painting. Built 1636-1641 for John Maurice of Nassau in Dutch Classical style by Jacob van Campen, with refined interiors. The collection of ~800 paintings centers on the Dutch Golden Age (17th century) — highlights include Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring (c. 1665, "the Mona Lisa of the North"), Rembrandt's The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp (1632) and self-portraits, Fabritius's The Goldfinch, Steen's genre scenes. The museum was renovated and expanded 2012-2014. Visiting to admire Vermeer and Rembrandt's Dutch Golden Age masterworks up close in a refined 17th-century mansion is an elegant, profound art experience in The Hague.

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