Masterpiece Story: Cat at Play by Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
Cat at Play is a masterpiece by Henriëtte Ronner-Knip who deserves to have her legacy revised and her fame revived. Art does not need to be radical...
James W Singer 26 February 2026
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Van Gogh Museum Staff Picks
Have you ever wondered who knows the best of a museum’s collection? Probably the people who spend most of their lives between these artworks: the...
Kate Wojtczak 23 February 2026
8 Reasons to Visit Rembrandt House in Amsterdam
If you happen to find yourself in Amsterdam, then you simply can’t miss the Rembrandt House Museum (Museum het Rembrandthuis). It was the Rembrandt...
Zuzanna Stańska 28 January 2026
The Dutch Master of Selfies: Rembrandt’s 6 Magnificent Self-Portraits
Rembrandt van Rijn, one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art, was born 416 years ago in Leiden, Netherlands. Today, people take...
Zuzanna Stańska 21 January 2026
6 Best Works in the Van Gogh Museum That Are Not by Van Gogh
The Van Gogh Museum is dedicated to the life and works of Vincent van Gogh. It holds the largest collection of Van Gogh paintings and drawings in the...
Anastasia Manioudaki 29 December 2025
QUIZ: Test Your Knowledge About the Dutch Golden Age!
Ruxi Rusu 20 September 2025
Masterpiece Story: Still Life with a Golden Goblet by Pieter de Ring
Why is food such a popular image for art and culture? For millennia it has been a source of inspiration from ancient Roman mosaics through Dutch...
James W Singer 3 August 2025
10 Highlights from the Van Gogh Museum
In a museum dedicated to a painter like Vincent van Gogh, you are bound to find more than ten highlights. But since ten is such a nice round number,...
Joanna Kaszubowska 29 July 2025
Dutch Golden Age Explained
When one thinks of any Golden Age, the first thing that comes to mind is the 17th-century Netherlands at its glory – the Dutch Golden Age. The most...
Nicole Ganbold 19 May 2025
15 Things You Didn’t Know About the Night Watch by Rembrandt
The Night Watch painted by Rembrandt van Rijn is a monumental canvas displayed today in the “Gallery of Honour” of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam,...
Zuzanna Stańska, Nicole Ganbold 19 May 2025
Masterpiece Story: The Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer
Among many representations of domestic scenes of respectable Dutch middle-class households, there is one that never ceases to impress and capture the...
Giordana Goretti 13 April 2025
Masterpiece Story: Woman at Her Toilet by Jan Steen
Jan Steen’s Woman at Her Toilet is a provocative masterpiece of genre paintings because of its visual complexity and seductive allure, inviting...
James W Singer 8 December 2024
