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Jan Six at Home: Amsterdam’s House of Six Collection

In the city of Amsterdam, Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669) continues to reign as its artistic sovereign. Many of his masterpieces hold court at the Rijksmuseum, the Dutch State Museum that ...

July 19, 2023BY Michelle Plastrik

Documentary Review: ‘Close to Vermeer’: The 17th-Century Artist Remains a Mystery

NR | 1h 18min | Documentary, History, Art | 26 May 2023 (Netherlands) Other than possibly Rembrandt, none of the painters to produce art ...

May 22, 2023BY Michael Clark

American Vermeers in Amsterdam

Vermeer hysteria has been stoked by the current blockbuster exhibition “Vermeer” on view at the Rijksmuseum, in Amsterdam, ...

March 31, 2023BY Michelle Plastrik

Climate Activists Get a Month in Prison for Vermeer Protest

THE HAGUE, Netherlands—Two Belgian activists who targeted Johannes Vermeer's iconic “Girl with a Pearl Earring” painting in a ...

November 3, 2022BY The Associated Press

Turning Our Gaze Within: A Higher Purpose for Our Capacity to Judge

As human beings, our capacity for making judgments seems to be innate. We judge what we like, what ...

August 25, 2022BY Eric Bess

Armchair Art: A Virtual Tour of the Mauritshuis, in The Hague

With much of Europe gradually opening up after months of varying levels of lockdown, many of us may ...

July 21, 2021BY Lorraine Ferrier