Facing Van Eyck. The Miracle of Detail looks at Jan van Eyck’s extraordinary works through a contemporary lens. Thanks to pioneering digital techniques and new scientific research at the Royal More Info
Alone with Vermeer
The renowned French novelist Marcel Proust visited the Mauritshuis in 1902 and was deeply impressed by Vermeer’s masterpiece. Many years later he wrote in a letter: ‘From the moment that I saw View of More Info
Leef/Tijd—Life/Time
In the time of corona, when we have to keep distance from each other, we depend even more on contact by eye. Rembrandt was good at looking, with a sympathetic eye – his imags of old people are More Info
Frans Hals – All his militia pieces
As of 19 September 2020, all of Frans Hals’ militia pieces will be on display in a temporary exhibition at the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem. Thanks to a special loan from the Rijksmuseum, ‘The Meagre More Info
Dankzij Waller / Thanks to Waller
The art historian and print expert François Gérard Waller (1867-1934) is one of the Rijksmuseum’s greatest benefactors. During his life he donated to the museum his extensive collections of decorated More Info
Renaissance Children
For the Burgundian and the early Habsburg princes, Mechelen was not only an important political and cultural hub but also an educational centre. Three consecutive generations of Habsburg princes and More Info