The Mauritshuis Project

Graciously on loan for 16 months by the Mauritshuis and the Dutch Royal Cabinet of Paintings, the Portland Art Museum hosts a very important grouping of seven works selected for their exemplary representation of 17th-century Dutch art, ultimately defining one of the greatest movements of all time, The Golden Age of Art. On view will be masterpieces by Jan Steen, Jan Wijnats, Frans Hals, Cornelis de Man, Johan Moreelse, Gerrit Berckheyde, and Maria van Oosterwyck.

World-famed for the quality of its holdings, which include Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring, the Mauritshuis was built in 1640 as the residence of Prince Maurits of Nassau, in the center of the Hague, adjacent to the government palace of the Binnenhof. In 1820 it was purchased by the state to house the Dutch Royal Cabinet of Paintings as a public museum. Focused on Dutch and Flemish painting of the 17th century, the collections have continued to grow with private support, each new acquisition being measured by the surpassing standard of the core collection. find related events

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The Mauritshuis Project
An Introduction to Dutch 17th Century Painting
Organisation: Portland Art Museum; Mauritshuis, Den Haag

Werke von Jan Steen, Jan Wijnats, Frans Hals, Cornelis de Man, Johan Moreelse, Gerrit Berckheyde, Maria van Oosterwyck