After seven years of extensive refurbishment, the Semperbau am Zwinger (Semper Building at the Zwinger) reopened its doors again on Saturday, 29 February 2020. In the renovated building the Staatliche [...] Read More
Museum News
New Website Explores the Work of Lodewijk de Vadder (1605-1655)
A website dedicated entirely to Lodewijk de Vadder (1605-1655) has been launched. Little is known about the Flemish painter, draftsman, engraver and tapestry designer from Brussels. According to the [...] Read More
Museum De Lakenhal Acquires Important Early Work by Gerrit Dou
On 17 January 2020, Museum De Lakenhal in Leiden announced the acquisition of Gerrit Dou’s Artist in His Studio from a British private collection. Painted in ca. 1632, this early work of Rembrandt’s [...] Read More
All Painted Works and Miniatures by Jan van Eyck Accessible Online
As of January 2020, all the painted works, plus the unique miniatures of Jan van Eyck, can now be admired online in ultra-high resolution on the website Closer to Van Eyck [...] Read More
Major Discoveries Made in Paintings by Pieter de Hooch
Museum Prinsenhof Delft announced three discoveries made in three different paintings by Pieter de Hooch as part of its exhibition, Pieter de Hooch in Delft: From the shadow of Vermeer. A fingerprint [...] Read More
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Receives Bequest of 375 Works
The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced an exceptional bequest of over 375 works from the late Jayne Wrightsman (1919–2019). The bequest includes significant gifts to the departments of Drawings and [...] Read More
Royal Collection Trust Launches ‘The Lost Collection of Charles I’ Digital Catalogue
During his reign the British King Charles I set about assembling an art collection to surpass all others. In the aftermath of the King’s execution in 1649 this world-class collection was sold under [...] Read More
Bruegel Website Launched by the Flemish Art Collection
The Flemish Art Collection has launched a new website dedicated entirely to the life and work of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, in celebration of the 450th anniversary of the artist’s death on 9 September [...] Read More
Symposium: Rogier van der Weyden and the Mauritshuis Lamentation
Following the completion of the conservation treatment of The Lamentation of Christ, currently considered a work by Rogier van der Weyden and studio, the Mauritshuis and the RKD are organising a [...] Read More
Lecture: Innovation, Competition, and Fine Painting Technique
Friday 1 November, 3:30pm RKD, Prins Willem-Alexanderhof 5, The Hague Public Lecture RKD: Innovation, Competition, and Fine Painting Technique: Marketing High-life Style in the Dutch 17th [...] Read More
National Gallery of Art Appoints Betsy Wieseman as Curator and Head of the Department of Northern European Paintings
The National Gallery of Art announced that Betsy Wieseman will join the museum as curator and head of the department of northern European paintings. Wieseman is currently chair of European art from [...] Read More
The Western Australian Museum to Visualize 17th-century Dutch silver in 3D
The Western Australian Museum holds a unique collection of 17th century Amsterdam silverware that was found in the shipwreck of the Dutch East India Company’s (VOC) flagship Batavia. According [...] Read More
National Museum in Stockholm Acquires Two Flemish Masterpieces
The Nationalmuseum has acquired two important oil paintings by Frans Francken the Younger and Daniel Seghers, both influential artists in seventeenth-century Antwerp, the Golden Age of Flemish art. [...] Read More
Bavarian State Returns Nine Nazi-Looted Artworks, Including Two Dutch Paintings
On Monday 5 August, the Bavarian State Minister of the Arts Bernd Sibler, together with the Bavarian State Painting Collections, the Bavarian National Museum and the State Collections of Prints and [...] Read More
First Jan van de Velde (III) Painting to Enter the National Gallery of Art’s Collection
The National Gallery of Art in Washington has recently acquired its first work by one of the great still-life painters of the Dutch Golden Age, Jan van de Velde III (1620–1662), who specialized in [...] Read More