If you're looking for more inspiration while preparing a visit to the Mauritshuis, try using the Second Canvas Mauritshuis app or the interactive website The Goldfinch.
Second Canvas Mauritshuis
Second Canvas Mauritshuis is the ultimate app to discover the collection of the Mauritshuis outside the museum.
Examine the highlights of the Mauritshuis, including Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring and View of Delft, The Anatomy Lesson by Dr Nicolaes Tulp by Rembrandt, Potter's Bull, and many other masterpieces.
Zoom in down to the brush stroke and discover the most exquisite details. Switch between the normal image and infrared, and discover the modifications that the painters made to their designs. Follow our story lines, with beautiful stories in text and audio.
The app is available for AppleTV and is ideal for use in the classroom.
Download the Second Canvas Mauritshuis app in the App Store or on Google Play.
The Goldfinch, a bird's-eye view
The Goldfinch, a bird’s-eye view is an interactive website which entirely revolves around the world-famous painting The Goldfinch by Carel Fabritius. Discover everything about this special little painting.
For instance, did you know that goldfinches were popular pets in the seventeenth century? That Carel Fabritius was one of Rembrandt's most talented students? That he died at the young age of 32 during the Delft Thunderclap?
Listen to the sound of real goldfinches and discover the mysteries that were brought to light thanks to technical investigation.
Visit the storytelling website The Goldfinch, a bird’s-eye view.
