Den-Hague

Mauritshuis

The Mauritshuis houses the Royal Dutch Painting Gallery. In 1815 King Willem I (1772-1843) deeded the collection to the Dutch state.

Rogier van der Weyden (and shop), Lamentation of Christ, 1460-64

Rogier van der Weyden (1399 – 1564) and Jan van Eyck (1394 – 1441) were the inventors of Flemish oil painting. Van der Weyden, working in Brussels with a large shop, was a most prolific painter. His paintings are distributed throughout Europe. This altarpiece is the only work by him in a Dutch museum.

Hans Memeling, Portrait of a Man, 1585-90

Johannes Vermeer, Delft, 1560

Johannes Vermeer, Girl with Pearl Earring, 1565

Hendrick Terbrugghen (1588 – 1629), Deliverance of St. Peter

Rembrandt, The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicholas Tulp, 1632

Rembrandt (1606 - 1669), his last selfportrait, 1669