Exhibitions from the past

Overview of the exhibitions from the past of the Mauritshuis
Exhibitions The Standard Bearer at the Mauritshuis Exhibitions from the past Vermeer at the Rijksmuseum Presentation Who's that Girl? The lost museum A Peek at Potter - Investigating the Bull Fabrique des Lumières X Mauritshuis Facing the Storm Treasure Houses (working title)
DEF Mauritshuis Roofkunst Key Visual ©Studiospass Square 600X600px Mailing NL

14 September 2023 - 7 January 2024

Loot - 10 stories

Suppose you are the director of a museum that houses art that was once stolen. How do you deal with it? Should you return it? Do you leave it there? And if you leave it there, are you as a museum complicit in looting?
Abbie Vandivere Dionne Stax En Pieter Roelofs Foto Stef Nagel MAX 1200 (1)

20 March - 4 June 2023

The New Vermeer

Calling all art fanatics and Vermeer fans: in the TV show ‘The New Vermeer’ professional artists in the free category breathe new life into ‘lost’ Vermeer paintings, which have disappeared without a trace over the course of the centuries. And of course, when it comes to Vermeer, thoughts automatically turn to the Mauritshuis. The six winning artworks by the master painters will be shown in the foyer of the Mauritshuis – which is accessible free of charge – from 20 March to 4 June.
Jacobus Vrel, A Seated Woman Looking at a Child through a Window, after 1656. Paris, Fondation Custodia, Frits Lugt Collection

16 February – 29 May 2023

Vrel, Forerunner of Vermeer

The rediscovery of a mysterious artist.
Flashback Tentoonstelling Mauritshuis

1 June - 16 October 2022

FLASH | BACK

What happens when new masters pick up where old masters left off? Find out in our photography exhibition FLASH | BACK. Sixteen leading photographers - including Erwin Olaf, Rineke Dijkstra and Anton Corbijn – have created new work inspired by the 17th-century paintings in our collection.
Mauritshuis Hallo Vermeer tentoonstelling voor de hele familie

9 July through 28 August 2022

Hello Vermeer!

The best interactive exhibition this summer, specially for families, takes visitors to the world of seventeenth-century Delft, with a collection of replica houses where kids can play fun educational games and learn more about Vermeer. Dressing up, puzzles, films – there’s a whole host of things to do. And then you can get down to work yourself at our Art Workshop.
In Volle Bloei Tentoonstelling Mauritshuis

10 February 2022 through 6 June 2022

In Full Bloom

This year we’re celebrating our 200th birthday in grand style and treating you to the most beautiful flower still lifes of the seventeenth century. The flower still life flourished during this period: from ‘impossible’ imagined bouquets to richly decorated spectacle pieces. All equally breathtaking, a feast of colour, with lots of tiny creepy crawlies and largely painted by women artists.
Tentoonstelling Facelifts Makeovers Beeld Uitsnede

7 October 2021 - 9 January 2022

Facelifts & Make-overs

Welcome to the hidden world of conservation! The exhibition Facelift & Make-overs shines a light on what usually remains out of sight, namely the conservation of paintings. What is conservation? Why is it necessary? And what secrets do conservators uncover above and below the layers of paint?
Tentoonstelling Vervlogen Mauritshuis

11 February 2021 - 29 August 2021

Fleeting - Scents in colour

11 February 2021 - 29 August 2021 Fragrant flowers, perfumes and smelly canals. Discover the scents of the 17th century!
Alleen Met Vermeer Postervariant 3 Web

26 September 2020 - 3 January 2021

Alone with Vermeer - 'The most beautiful painting in the world'

September 26, 2020 - January 3, 2021 - The exhibition Only with Vermeer consisted only of Vermeer's View of Delft.
Stubbs Whistlejacket Act

20 February 2020 - 30 August 2020

George Stubbs - The Man, The Horse, The Obsession

20 February 2020 - 30 August 2020 - The Mauritshuis organized an exhibition on England's most renowned portraitist of horses.
Maes Luistervink

October 17, 2019 - January 19, 2020

Nicolaes Maes - Rembrandt's versatile pupil

October 17, 2019 - January 19, 2020 - Rembrandt pupil Nicolaes Maes is one of the most beloved masters of Dutch 17th-century painting.
Educatie Kinderen In Kunstwerkplaats Mauritshuis Den Haag 965X757

20 July - 15 September 2019

Hello Rembrandt

20 July - 15 September 2019 - This summer the Mauritshuis has created the hands-on exhibition of the Rembrandt Year for families with children aged 3 to 11: Hello Rembrandt!
Tentoonstellingen Bewogen Beeld C

4 April - 7 July 2019

Shifting Image - In search of Johan Maurits

In the exhibition Shifting Image - In search of Johan Maurits we examine how the complex history of Johan Maurits and Dutch Brazil can be seen from different perspectives.
Tentoonstellingen Rembrandt En Het Mauritshuis

31 januari t/m 15 september 2019

Rembrandt and the Mauritshuis

In 2019 Rembrandt and the Golden Age will take over the Netherlands. The reason is the 350th anniversary of the death of the most famous Dutch Master on October 4, 2019. There are numerous exhibitions and activities throughout the country throughout the year.
National Trust A

11 oktober 2018 - 6 januari 2019

National Trust

We proudly present a unique exhibition this fall: twenty-two paintings from twelve National Trust houses. Never before has such a large group of Dutch paintings owned by the National Trust travelled outside of the United Kingdom.
Tentoonstellingen Rogier Van Der Weyden Ontsluierd B

14 jun. 2018 – 9 sep. 2018

Rogier van der Weyden Unveiled

In the summer of 2018, The Lamentation of Christ (c.1460-1464) by Rogier van der Weyden was restored in a specially built studio in the exhibition space of the Mauritshuis.
Tentoonstellingen Het Meisje In De Schijnwerper

26 February to 11 March 2018

The Girl in the Spotlight

earl Earring (c. 1665) by Johannes Vermeer will take place: ‘The Girl in the Spotlight’. The museum’s most famous painting was last examined in 1994, during a conservation treatment.
Tentoonstellingen Jan Steen Vertelt

15 February - 13 May 2018

Jan Steen’s Histories

In the exhibition Jan Steen’s Histories, the Mauritshuis will exhibit a selection of Jan Steen’s finest history paintings. This seventeenth-century Dutch artist is best known as a painter of chaotic and disorderly scenes of everyday life, which gave rise to the popular Dutch proverb ‘a Jan Steen household’.
Tentoonstellingen Steen Jordaens B

11 July 2017 - 14 January 2018

Steen & Jordaens: As the Old Sing…

Two portrayals of the proverb As the old sing, so pipe the young will grace the walls of the Mauritshuis starting in July. Our large painting by Jan Steen will be complemented by a painting by Jacob Jordaens, on loan from the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp - a wonderful opportunity to compare these two cheerful paintings and to discover how two different artists approached the same topic.
Tentoonstellingen Zuiderburen B

7 September 2017 - 14 January 2018

Neighbours: Portraits from Flanders 1400-1700

Better a good neighbour than a distant friend, so the saying goes. During the autumn of 2017, the Mauritshuis tells the story of Flemish portraiture using a selection of the best Flemish portraits from the Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Antwerp (KMSKA).
Tentoonstellingen Antonello In De Gallerij E

8 November - 7 January 2018

Antonello in the Gallery

This autumn we present the fifth in our series of international masterpieces in the Prince William V Gallery. Previously on display were paintings by Caravaggio, Titian, Velázquez and Mantegna. Now we’re showing The Crucifixion of Christ, an exceptional work by the Sicilian Renaissance master Antonello da Messina. Like the Flemish portraits in the Neighbours exhibition (now showing at the Mauritshuis), it is on loan from the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp.
Tentoonstellingen Tien Topstukken On Tour B

4 - 27 November 2018

Top Ten on Tour

From 4 October 2017 through 25 March 2018 the Kröller-Müller Museum, the Van Gogh Museum, the Rijksmuseum and the Mauritshuis will send ten masterpieces on tour to various museums in the Netherlands.
Tentoonstellingen Slow Food B

9 March - 25 June 2017

Slow Food: Still Lifes of the Golden Age

The Mauritshuis treats you to richly set tables piled high with tempting morsels and precious objects this spring. Slow Food: Still Lifes of the Golden Age is the first exhibition to be devoted to the development of meal still lifes.
Tentoonstellingen Royal Collection B

29 September 2016 – 5 February 2017

At Home in Holland: Vermeer and his Contemporaries from the British Royal Collection

The British royal family owns one of the finest collections of Old Master paintings in the world. The collection was brought together over many centuries by successive monarchs. The paintings normally hang behind closed doors in Buckingham Palace and other royal residences. The Mauritshuis has the great privilege of showing twenty-two of them for the duration of this exhibition
Tentoonstellingen Mantegna In De Galerij

13 October - 18 December 2016.

Mantegna in the Gallery

The Prince William V Gallery will be exhibiting the masterpiece Ecce Homo by Andrea Mantegna (circa 1431-1506), one of the most important painters of the Italian Renaissance, from 13 October through 18 December 2016.
Tentoonstellingen Dwdd B

29 January - 22 May 2016

DWDD PopUp Museum 2

Building on the great success of last year's event, Dutch television programme De Wereld Draait Door will organise a DWDD Pop-Up Museum at the Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam for the second time. The Mauritshuis will participate in this edition, with Sander van de Pavert as guest curator. Van de Pavert is known for his satirical video column Lucky TV, which concludes the daily De Wereld Draait Door show.
Tentoonstellingen Hoogte En Dieptepunten Uit Het Depot D

From 4 February until 8 May 2016

Exhibition: In and Out of Storage

The exhibition In and Out of Storage, presenting twenty-five paintings from our storage, intends to answer frequently asked questions including: what kinds of paintings are kept in storage, how did they end up there and why aren’t they hanging in the galleries? Highlights, as well as some low points, will be on show.
Tentoonstellingen Vik Muniz Verso B

9 June - 4 September 2016

Vik Muniz: Verso

This summer the Mauritshuis will reveal another side to its character. From 9 June to 4 September we will host the first exhibition of contemporary art in the history of the Mauritshuis: Vik Muniz: Verso
Tentoonstellingen Een Genereus Gebaar B

From 1 September until 31 October 2016

A Generous Gesture

From 1 September until 31 October room 13 of the Mauritshuis is devoted to five seventeenth century masterpieces, donated by Willem Baron van Dedem (1929-2015). The paintings form one of the most significant bequests in the museum’s history.
Tentoonstellingen Hollandse Zelfprotretten Selfies Uit De Gouden Eeuw

8 October 2015 - 3 January 2016

Dutch Self-Portraits - Selfies of the Golden Age

From 8 October 2015 through 3 January 2016, the Mauritshuis exhibits twenty-seven outstanding examples of self-portraits from the peak of Dutch painting, in the exhibition Dutch Self-Portraits - Selfies of the Golden Age.
Tentoonstellingen Velasquez In De Galerij

1 October - 29 November 2015

Velázquez at the Gallery

Rembrandt De Zaak Van Saul En David B

11 June - 13 September 2015

Rembrandt? The Case of Saul and David

The Mauritshuis has one of its most famous Rembrandts back. The full attribution of the painting Saul and David to Rembrandt is the exciting conclusion of eight years of research by a large team of international experts under the leadership of the Mauritshuis.
Frick Collection Ingres Comtesse

5 februari - 10 mei 2015

The Frick Collection - Art Treasures from New York

The Frick Collection is beautifully situated in the heart of New York, with a view on Central Park. It is a cherished museum, famous for the high quality of its collection. For the first time The Frick Collection lent a large part of its world-class collection: no fewer than 36 masterpieces were on display at the Mauritshuis.
Museum het Mauritshuis weerspiegelt in de Hofvijver in Den Haag

27 juni 2014 - 4 januari 2015

Mauritshuis - The Building

The opening exhibition Mauritshuis - the building was the moment to share the background of our building with our visitors. The exhibition looked back at the rich history of the Mauritshuis and the illustrious residents and people who used the premises.
Titiaan In De Gallerij

10 oktober - 7 december 2014

Titian in the Gallery

This autumn a Titian will be on display in the Prince William V Gallery: Venus Rising from the Sea from around 1520/25, a generous loan from the National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh.

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