The Royal Library of Belgium (KBR) and KU Leuven Libraries announced an agreement with Google to share a large portion of important digitized documents reflecting the rich cultural and historical [...] Read More
Museum News
Amsterdam Museum Temporarily Relocates to Hermitage Amsterdam
The Amsterdam Museum will temporarily relocate to the Hermitage Amsterdam and will open to the public at its new location on Saturday 5 March 2022. The current location of the Amsterdam Museum, the [...] Read More
Database with medieval miniatures transferred to the RKD
Illuminated manuscripts – hand-written and decorated books from the Middle Ages – are precious objects which were frequently enhanced with painted and drawn images. The RKD – Netherlands Institute for [...] Read More
Dutch Government Plans to Purchase Rembrandt’s ‘The Standard Bearer’ for the National Collection
The Dutch Government announced yesterday its intention to purchase Rembrandt’s The Standard Bearer (1636) for the national collection. For centuries, the masterpiece has been owned by private [...] Read More
Center for Netherlandish Art Opens at MFA in Conjunction with New Dutch and Flemish Galleries
On 18 November, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) opened the Center for Netherlandish Art (CNA), an innovative research center that aims to promote the study and appreciation of Dutch and Flemish [...] Read More
Szépművészeti Múzeum Announces Acquisition of Paintings by Jacob van Loo, Gerard van Honthorst and Ferdinand Bol
In the past few years, the Old Masters collection of the Szépművészeti Múzeum (Museum of Fine Arts) in Budapest has been successfully enriched with three rather significant Dutch works of different [...] Read More