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Sharing artworks from the Mauritshuis Museum, Netherlands.
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St Catherine https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_854.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
St Catherine
November 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Interior of an Imaginary Catholic Church https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_473.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
De Witte painted several atmospheric church interiors, all of which are imaginary. Here, he shows a Gothic church, with tall, narrow pointed arches. The light is shining on some figures in the foreground, while the rest of the church is shrouded in darkness.
November 25, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Amorous Couple https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_885.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
Amorous Couple
November 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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The Old Lacemaker https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_1101.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
An old woman is sitting in a simple room, bowed over her handiwork. She is absorbed in lace making. In the seventeenth century, handiwork was seen as a feminine virtue and was symbolic of domestic diligence. So this painting shows how things were supposed to be: an industrious woman in a tidy home. The small painting exudes an intimate, tranquil atmosphere. This is partly due to Nicolaes Maes’ use of subdued colours (brown, red, black and white) and the subtle lighting in the dark room.
November 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Design for 'Icarus Atlanticus' https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_1079.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
Design for 'Icarus Atlanticus'
November 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Still Life with Dead Birds, Cage and Net https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_687.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
Still Life with Dead Birds, Cage and Net
November 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Diana and her Nymphs https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_406.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
Vermeer is best known for his small paintings of tranquil interiors with a few figures. But early on in his career, he painted a few larger biblical and mythological scenes, including this one. The goddess Diana is taking a rest with her nymphs. She is the goddess of hunting and of the night, which explains the hound at her feet and the moon on her forehead. The dreamy atmosphere of the scene is typical of Vermeer’s work.
November 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Study of an Old Man https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_560.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
The loose painting style, broad brushstrokes and dark tones of this painting bring to mind Rembrandt’s late work. But whether this is indeed a work by the great master remains unclear. The identity of the sitter, who was long thought to be Rembrandt’s older brother Adriaen, only adds to the confusion. Today, however, we believe this painting to be a ‘tronie’, a study of a characterful old man’s facial expression. This painting is on temporary display to replace Rembrandt’s self-portrait from 1669 and his ‘Portrait of an Elderly Man’ from 1667. These works are currently on loan.
November 24, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Self-Portrait as a Hunter https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_204.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
A hunter and his dog are sitting at the foot of a tree. The man is nonchalantly holding a dead partridge and a hunting rifle. Though it may appear an innocent scene, for Dutch seventeenth-century viewers it had erotic connotations. The words ‘jagen’ (to hunt) and ‘vogelen’ (to catch birds) also referred to courting and making love. The hunter – in imaginary clothing – is a self-portrait of the Leiden ‘fijnschilder’, or fine painter, Arie de Vois. His paintings are distinguished from the work of the other Leiden fijnschilders by their velvety appearance.
November 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Landscape with a Hermit, a Pilgrim, a Peasant Woman and Other Figures https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_328.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
Landscape with a Hermit, a Pilgrim, a Peasant Woman and Other Figures
November 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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The Riding School https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_217.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
The Riding School
November 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Imaginary Wooded Landscape https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_1157.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
An idyllic landscape is populated by numerous figures, walking, taking a rest or doing things on the water. The main role, however, is taken by the fairytale tree in the foreground. Gnarled and covered in moss and ivy, it dominates the landscape, showing us the grandeur of nature. Van Geel painted around thirty of this sort of fantasy landscape. This is remarkable, as his colleagues were concentrating more and more on naturalistic representations of the flat Dutch landscape.
November 23, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Portrait of a Man https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_208.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
Portrait of a Man
November 23, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Brazilian Landscape with a House under Construction https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_1127.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
Brazilian Landscape with a House under Construction
November 22, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Ships off the Coast https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_820.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
The Amsterdam painter Jan van de Cappelle specialised in seascapes with fishing boats. He often placed the horizon very low, so that there was plenty of space for impressive cloudy skies that determine the atmosphere. That is also the case in this seascape, in which some travellers are being ferried ashore from a ship. Van de Cappelle was a wealthy entrepreneur and merchant, who painted mainly for pleasure. He was also a collector, possessing 500 drawings by Rembrandt, among other works.
November 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Open-Work Dish https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_954.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
Open-Work Dish
November 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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The Four Elements: Air https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_1139.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
The Four Elements: Air
November 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Portrait Bust of a Man https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_550.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
Portrait Bust of a Man
November 22, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Christ's Descent into Limbo https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_285.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
After his death, Christ was supposed to have descended into the underworld, to free Adam and Eve, and all the righteous, and take them up to heaven. This descent is depicted here by Brueghel I and Rottenhammer, who often worked together. The small painting belonged to the family of Orange, and was part of the painting gallery of stadholder Willem V. Later it ended up in the Mauritshuis.
November 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Still Llife with a Roemer https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_927.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
Still Llife with a Roemer
November 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Still Life with Five Apricots https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_1154.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
Adriaen Coorte’s still-lifes all have the same simple layout: some fruit, vegetables or nuts laid on a stone tabletop in the light, against a dark background. Here, Coorte has painted five apricots, which look velvety and tactile. Between the fruits, there is a leafy twig from an apricot tree. He highlighted the edges of the crumpled leaves with small touches of white paint. Coorte put his signature, as usual, on the edge of the tabletop.
November 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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River View with Church and Ferry https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_738.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
Salomon van Ruysdael was a master at suggesting vast space in his landscapes. He used diagonal lines that disappear into the distance, which in this case include the bank alongside the water and the sky with windswept clouds. Van Ruysdael – the uncle of the famous landscape painter Jacob van Ruisdael – did not depict an existing landscape. The church and the small castle in the distance came from his imagination. Nevertheless, the river view is as Dutch as can be.
November 21, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Ambushing an Army Convoy https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_766.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
Ambushing an Army Convoy
November 21, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Portrait of Stadholder Maurits (1567-1625), Prince of Orange https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_226.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
Portrait of Stadholder Maurits (1567-1625), Prince of Orange
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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The Alchemist https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_469.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
The Alchemist
November 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM