28 January 2022 – 6 June 2022 – For almost forty years, Vincent Mentzel (b. 1945) was the staff photographer of the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad: he literally captured the news. Mentzel matured into one of the Netherlands’ best-known photographers, especially due to his innovative reporting of The Hague’s politics. With his striking portraits of politicians and informal photo reports of the Binnenhof, […]
11 May 2022 – 30 October 2022 – Although Mount Ararat does not lie in Armenia, this famous sacred mountain and the smallest republic of the South Caucasus are inextricably linked. Armenia & Mount Ararat will be the protagonists of the exhibition Under the spell of Mount Ararat – Treasures from ancient Armenia. Beautiful objects from the History Museum of Armenia in Yerevan […]
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After Vermeer’s The Milkmaid, work by Vincent van Gogh, Rembrandt van Rijn and Pieter Bruegel the Elder can be seen successively in the former Hermitage. These are The Yellow House (The Street) from 1888 by Van Gogh, the last Self-portrait (1669) by Rembrandt and The Tower of Babel (circa 1560) by Bruegel.
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Looking for a gift for a real foodie? We selected the nicest and most original must-haves for on the table or in the kitchen.
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16 April 2022 – 18 September 2022 – She was the only woman in the Netherlands to venture into the field of metal art around 1900: artist Johanna van Eijbergen (1865-1950). Her designs were produced between 1904 and 1910 by the Hengelo manufacturer G. Dikkers & Co. The vases, bowls and many other objects are characterised by wonderful decorations of stylised flowers and animals, particularly […]
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What is the most beautiful sentence about love in Dutch literature?
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Did you know that there is a real gemstone paradise in Leiden that can be visited on appointment?
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When hearing the name Aelbert Cuyp, many will make the link with the famous market in Amsterdam. But not everyone knows who he actually was.
For a long time the Hermitage Amsterdam has distanced itself from the political developments in Putin’s Russia. After all, politics focuses on the reality of daily life, while their focus is on art treasures and movements that span centuries. The ties they had carefully built with the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg gave them
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Love, give, support Ukraine. 15% Proceeding from every order this week goes to the UNICEF protect children in Ukraine initiative. UNICEF is working to scale up life-saving support for children and their families. In these tough times of conflict, let’s show our support to Ukraine.
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