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Sharing artworks from the Mauritshuis Museum, Netherlands.
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View of Oudezijds Voorburgwal with the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_868.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
Although Jan van der Heyden went down in history as the inventor of the fire engine and the streetlight, he was mainly a painter of Dutch cityscapes. Here, he has recorded the oldest part of Amsterdam: the Oude Kerk, or Old Church, on the Oudezijds Voorburgwal canal. Van der Heyden painted the details of the buildings with remarkable precision. The figures that enliven the cityscape were probably added by Adriaen van de Velde, whom Van der Heyden often engaged for such tasks.
November 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Ships in the Roads https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_200.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
Willem van de Velde followed in his father’s footsteps and specialised in ship painting. Here, he gives an impression of a day on the water in almost dead calm. On the right, the crew of a three-master are hoisting the headsail, while a passenger is being rowed ashore. The activities are being watched from the yacht in the foreground right. The stern of the ship is richly decorated and bears a red Dutch lion and the Amsterdam coat of arms.
November 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Portrait of an Officer https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_143.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
At the beginning of the seventeenth century, Jan van Ravesteyn was one of the most important portrait painters in The Hague. He painted a series of twenty-five officers’ portraits, all in the same layout, with the men depicted from the hips up and wearing armour. Their helmets are decorated with orange plumes, referring to the commander-in-chief of the army, Prince Maurits of Orange. The series of portraits comes from one of the Orange family’s palaces in The Hague.
November 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Fruit Still Life https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_50.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
Fruit Still Life
November 29, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Jacob Urging Leah and Rachel to Flee from Laban https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_409.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
Jacob Urging Leah and Rachel to Flee from Laban
November 29, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Dead Hare https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_642.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
Dead Hare
November 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Venus Trying to Restrain Adonis from Departing for the Hunt https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_254.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
In "Venus Trying to Restrain Adonis from Departing for the Hunt," Peter Paul Rubens captures a dramatic mythological scene where Venus, draped in light, desperately clings to the muscular Adonis, who is prepared for the hunt. The rich, dynamic composition, characteristic of Rubens, emphasizes movement and emotion, set against a lush natural landscape with symbolic elements such as the hunting dogs and Venus' chariot.
November 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Portrait of Loef Vredericx (1590-1668) as an Ensign https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_806.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
In his daily life, Loef Vredericx was a silversmith, but here he is portrayed in the honourable position of ensign of the Amsterdam civic militia. Loef proudly had his portrait painted in this office by Thomas de Keyser, the most celebrated portraitist in Amsterdam at the time. Loef is wearing the costume of a marksman with a green sash around his waist, an iron gorget and a rapier at his side. The standard bears the Dutch lion and the text ‘Pro Patria’ – for the fatherland.
November 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Orang-utan from the Zoo of Stadholder Willem V, Picking an Apple https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_813.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
Orang-utan from the Zoo of Stadholder Willem V, Picking an Apple
November 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Dune Landscape with Road and Church https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_799.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
Dune Landscape with Road and Church
November 28, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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Portrait of a Lady https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_655.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
At the beginning of the seventeenth century, Moreelse was one of the most important portraitists in Utrecht. Although we do not know the identity of the lady in this portrait, she must have been well-to-do. She is wearing a shiny black dress with gold thread, big gold chains and a stand-up collar of white lace, which Moreelse has painted with great refinement. In her hand she holds a fan of exotic ostrich feathers.
November 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Portrait of an Officer https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_421.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
Portrait of an Officer
November 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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The Crucifixion https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_836.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
The Crucifixion
November 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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The Shipyard of the Dutch East India Company at Amsterdam https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_8.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
The Shipyard of the Dutch East India Company at Amsterdam
November 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Portrait of an Officer, possibly Adolf van Meetkerken (d. 1625) https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_144.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
Portrait of an Officer, possibly Adolf van Meetkerken (d. 1625)
November 27, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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The Massacre of the Innocents https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_816.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
The Massacre of the Innocents
November 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Ice Scene https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_785.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
This painting shows a typically Dutch phenomenon: having fun on the ice. People are skating, sledging and playing a game called ‘kolf’, a sort of ice hockey. On the left, a group of people have fallen through the ice, but help is already on the way. And just in front of the bridge, a woman has fallen over, revealing her bare bottom. Avercamp was the first painter in the Northern Netherlands to specialise in winter landscapes. He lived most of his life in Kampen and was deaf and dumb, which is why he was nicknamed ‘The Mute of Kampen’.
November 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Harlequin, Magician and Barber: The Rivals Exposed https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_183.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
Harlequin, Magician and Barber: The Rivals Exposed
November 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Landscape with Herdsmen and Cattle https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_538.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
Landscape with Herdsmen and Cattle
November 26, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Allegory on the Power of Venus https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_15.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
Allegory on the Power of Venus
November 26, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Estuary with Sailing Boats https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_624.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
Estuary with Sailing Boats
November 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Visit to the Doctor https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_801.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp
Visit to the Doctor
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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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