Mauritshuis
The Hague · Netherlands · Founded 1822
An intimate Dutch Golden Age picture gallery in a seventeenth-century mansion in the Binnenhof.
About Mauritshuis
The Mauritshuis was built between 1633 and 1644 for Count John Maurice of Nassau-Siegen. It opened as a public picture gallery in 1822 with the royal collection of Dutch and Flemish paintings.
Despite its small size, the museum holds an extraordinary concentration of masterworks by Vermeer, Rembrandt, Frans Hals, and Carel Fabritius.
Collections & Highlights
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