Stichting Johan Maurits van Nassau

Foreword The Mauritshuis, after 160 years of faithful service as the guardian of the Royal Picture Gallery, is now in need of rejuvenation. The 17th-century building is being restored to its full glory by the Ministry of Cultural Affaire, Recreation and Social Welfare and by the Directorate of...

HISTORY OF THE BUILDING The Royal Picture Gallery, the 'Mauritshuis', is located on the former grounds of the Counts of Holland. Close to the Hof, or Court of Holland, one of the palaces of Stadholder Frederik Hendrik, it was built in 1633-1644 as the new home of the Iatter's great-nephew Count,...

Ten geleide Foreword Toen in 1977 de Prins Willem V-Galerij, na een isojaar lange sluimer, weervoor het publiek geopend werd, kon niet vermoed worden dat reeds vijfjaar later de situatie zo veranderen zou, dat tot een grondige her-ordening van de geëxposeerde schilderijen besloten kon worden....