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April 4, 2019 - July 7, 2019

Shifting Image – In Search of Johan Maurits

Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands

In Brazil he is so well known that everyone knows who you mean with the name ‘Nassau.’ In the Netherlands he was considered a hero in the seventeenth century, while today his name can be associated with colonialism and slavery. His name is Johan Maurits of Nassau-Siegen (1604-1679), governor of the Dutch colony in Brazil and the man who built the Mauritshuis. This exhibition takes a close look at Johan Maurits’s reputation and examines how his story can be viewed from different perspectives, both present-day and historical.

For more information see the museum’s website.

[Image caption: Jan de Baen (1633-1702), Portrait of Johan Maurits, 1668-1670. Mauritshuis, Den Haag]

Published on June 28, 2019

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