Press releases

Everyone knows Vermeer’s quiet interiors and that one Little Street, but few people know that artist Jacobus Vrel was already producing scenes of this kind before the paint was dry on Vermeer’s first masterpiece....

We are glad to say that at 15.30pm the Girl with a Pearl Earring was put back in her rightful spot in the Mauritshuis by a member of our staff. Everyone can come and admire her again.

Around 2 pm, two people glued themselves to Johannes Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring (dated 1665). One person glued his head to glazing which protects the painting, and the other glued his hand to...

10 masterpieces from The Frick Collection on a once-only European visit

2 June – 16 October 2022 Millions of eyes have admired the paintings in the Mauritshuis collection over the past 200 years. For each viewer, the masterpieces evoke different emotions, different details...

In 2022, it will be two hundred years since the Mauritshuis first opened its doors to the public. The museum will be celebrating its bicentenary with special exhibitions and events throughout the year....