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| established = 1822<ref name="Mauritshuis">{{cite web|title=The Mauritshuis is turned into a museum |publisher=Mauritshuis |url=http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?chapterid=2365 |accessdate=2008-08-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060823065556/http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?chapterid=2365 |archivedate=August 23, 2006 }}</ref>
| established = 1822<ref name="Mauritshuis">{{cite web |title=The Mauritshuis is turned into a museum |publisher=Mauritshuis |url=http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?chapterid=2365 |access-date=2008-08-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060823065556/http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?chapterid=2365 |archive-date=August 23, 2006}}</ref>
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| location = [[Het Plein|Plein]] 29<ref name="address">[http://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/visit/plan-your-visit/address-and-directions/ Address and directions], Mauritshuis. Retrieved on 16 June 2014.</ref><br>[[The Hague]], [[Netherlands]]
| location = [[Het Plein|Plein]] 29<ref name="address">[http://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/visit/plan-your-visit/address-and-directions/ Address and directions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212084758/https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/visit/plan-your-visit/address-and-directions/ |date=2017-12-12 }}, Mauritshuis. Retrieved on 16 June 2014.</ref><br>[[The Hague]], [[Netherlands]]
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| collection_size = 854 objects<ref>[http://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/explore/the-collection/search/ Search the collection], Mauritshuis. Retrieved on 2 August 2019.</ref>
| collection_size = 854 objects<ref>[http://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/explore/the-collection/search/ Search the collection] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905030320/https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/explore/the-collection/search/ |date=2017-09-05 }}, Mauritshuis. Retrieved on 2 August 2019.</ref>
| visitors = 416.334 (2018)<ref name="visitors2018">Mauritshuis Museum: [https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/organisation/jaarverslag-2018/ Annual Report 2018]. Retrieved on 2 August 2019.</ref>
| visitors = 416,334 (2018)<ref name="visitors2018">Mauritshuis Museum: [https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/organisation/jaarverslag-2018/ Annual Report 2018] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711103100/https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/organisation/jaarverslag-2018/ |date=2019-07-11 }}. Retrieved on 2 August 2019.</ref>
| director = Emilie E. S. Gordenker<ref name="who">[http://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/organisation/wie-zijn-wij/ Who we are], Mauritshuis. Retrieved on 2 August 2019.</ref>
| director = Martine Gosselink<ref name="who">[http://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/organisation/wie-zijn-wij/ Who we are]</ref>
| president = Lokke Moerel<ref name="who"/>
| president = Ila Kasem<ref name="who"/>
| curator = Quentin Buvelot<ref name="visitors2018" />
| head of collections = Judith Niessen<ref name="who"/>
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The '''Mauritshuis''' ({{IPA-nl|ˈmʌurɪtsɦœys}}; {{lang-en|Maurice House}}) is an [[art museum]] in [[The Hague]], [[Netherlands]]. The museum houses the Royal Cabinet of Paintings which consists of 854 objects, mostly [[Dutch Golden Age painting]]s. The collections contains works by [[Johannes Vermeer]], [[Rembrandt van Rijn]], [[Jan Steen]], [[Paulus Potter]], [[Frans Hals]], [[Jacob van Ruisdael]], [[Hans Holbein the Younger]], and others. Originally, the 17th century building was the residence of count [[John Maurice of Nassau]]. It is now the property of the government of the Netherlands and is listed in the [[top 100 Dutch heritage sites]].
The '''Mauritshuis''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈmʌurɪtsˌɦœys}}, {{IPA|nl|label=[[The Hague dialect]]:|ˈmɑːʁɪtsˌɦœːs|generic=yes}}; {{lit|Maurice House}}) is an [[art museum]] in [[The Hague]], [[Netherlands]]. The museum houses the Royal Cabinet of Paintings which consists of 854 objects, mostly [[Dutch Golden Age painting]]s. The collection contains works by [[Johannes Vermeer]], [[Rembrandt van Rijn]], [[Jan Steen]], [[Paulus Potter]], [[Frans Hals]], [[Jacob van Ruisdael]], [[Hans Holbein the Younger]], and others. Originally, the 17th-century building was the residence of Count [[John Maurice of Nassau]]. The building is now the property of the government of the Netherlands and is listed in the [[top 100 Dutch heritage sites]].


== History ==
== History ==
[[File:Bartholomeus Johannes van Hove, Het Mauritshuis te Den Haag.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The Mauritshuis in 1825.]]
[[File:Bartholomeus Johannes van Hove, Het Mauritshuis te Den Haag.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The Mauritshuis in 1825.]]


In 1631, [[John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen]], a cousin of [[stadtholder]] [[Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange|Frederick Henry]], bought a plot bordering the [[Binnenhof]] and the adjacent [[Hofvijver]] pond in [[The Hague]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Location and garden |publisher=Mauritshuis |url=http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?chapterid=2361 |accessdate=2008-08-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070306155621/http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?chapterID=2361 |archivedate=March 6, 2007 }}</ref> at that time the political centre of the [[Dutch Republic]]. On the plot, the Mauritshuis was built as a home between 1636 and 1641, during John Maurice's governorship of [[Dutch Brazil]]. The [[Dutch Baroque architecture|Dutch Classicist]] building was designed by the Dutch architects [[Jacob van Campen]] and [[Pieter Post]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The building |publisher=Mauritshuis |url=http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?chapterid=2359 |accessdate=2008-08-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080618214701/http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?chapterid=2359 |archivedate=June 18, 2008 }}</ref> The two-storey building is strictly symmetrical and contained four apartments and a great hall. Each apartment was designed with an antechamber, a chamber, a cabinet, and a cloakroom. Originally, the building had a [[cupola]], which was destroyed in a fire in 1704.<ref>{{cite web|title=The 17th-century interior |publisher=Mauritshuis |url=http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?ChapterID=2433&ContentID=19491 |accessdate=2008-08-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719095401/http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?ChapterID=2433&ContentID=19491 |archivedate=July 19, 2011 }}</ref>
In 1631, [[John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen]], a cousin of [[Stadtholder]] [[Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange|Frederick Henry]], bought a plot bordering the [[Binnenhof]] and the adjacent [[Hofvijver]] pond in [[The Hague]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Location and garden |url=http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?chapterid=2361 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070306155621/http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?chapterID=2361 |archive-date=March 6, 2007 |access-date=2008-08-08 |publisher=Mauritshuis}}</ref> at that time the political centre of the [[Dutch Republic]]. Between 1636 and 1641, the Mauritshuis was built on this piece of land, during John Maurice's governorship of [[Dutch Brazil]]. It was built in the [[Dutch Baroque architecture|Dutch Classicist]] style by the Dutch architects [[Jacob van Campen]] and [[Pieter Post]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The building |url=http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?chapterid=2359 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080618214701/http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?chapterid=2359 |archive-date=June 18, 2008 |access-date=2008-08-08 |publisher=Mauritshuis}}</ref> The two-storey building is strictly symmetrical; originally the interior contained four apartments and a great hall. Each apartment was designed with an antechamber, a chamber, a cabinet, and a cloakroom. The building had a [[cupola]], which was destroyed in a fire in 1704.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 17th-century interior |url=http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?ChapterID=2433&ContentID=19491 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719095401/http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?ChapterID=2433&ContentID=19491 |archive-date=July 19, 2011 |access-date=2008-08-08 |publisher=Mauritshuis}}</ref>


After the death of Prince John Maurice in 1679, the house was owned by the Maes family, who leased the house to the Dutch government. In 1704, most of the interior of the Mauritshuis was destroyed by fire. The building was restored between 1708 and 1718.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fire and restoration |publisher=Mauritshuis |url=http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?Chapterid=2364&Contentid= |accessdate=2008-08-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719095529/http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?Chapterid=2364&Contentid= |archivedate=July 19, 2011 }}</ref>
After the death of Prince John Maurice in 1679, the house was owned by the Maes family, who leased the house to the Dutch government. In 1704, most of the interior of the Mauritshuis was destroyed by fire. The building was restored between 1708 and 1718.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fire and restoration |url=http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?Chapterid=2364&Contentid= |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719095529/http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?Chapterid=2364&Contentid= |archive-date=July 19, 2011 |access-date=2008-08-08 |publisher=Mauritshuis}}</ref>


In 1774, an art gallery open to the public was formed in what is now the [[Prince William V Gallery]]. That collection was seized by the French in 1795 and only partially recovered in 1808. The small gallery space soon proved to be too small, however, and in 1820, the Mauritshuis was bought by the Dutch state for the purpose of housing the Royal Cabinet of Paintings.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Mauritshuis is turned into a museum |publisher=Mauritshuis |url=http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?ChapterID=2365&ContentID=17655 |accessdate=2008-08-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719095537/http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?ChapterID=2365&ContentID=17655 |archivedate=July 19, 2011 }}</ref> In 1822, the Mauritshuis was opened to the public and housed the Royal Cabinet of Paintings and the Royal Cabinet of Rarities. In 1875, the entire museum became available for paintings.<ref name="Mauritshuis"/>
In 1774, an art gallery open to the public was formed in what is now the [[Prince William V Gallery]]. That collection was seized by the French in 1795 and only partially recovered in 1808. The small gallery space soon proved to be too small, however, and in 1820, the Mauritshuis was bought by the Dutch state for the purpose of housing the Royal Cabinet of Paintings.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Mauritshuis is turned into a museum |url=http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?ChapterID=2365&ContentID=17655 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719095537/http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?ChapterID=2365&ContentID=17655 |archive-date=July 19, 2011 |access-date=2008-08-08 |publisher=Mauritshuis}}</ref> In 1822, the Mauritshuis was opened to the public and housed the Royal Cabinet of Paintings and the Royal Cabinet of Rarities. In 1875, the entire museum became available for paintings.<ref name="Mauritshuis"/>


The Mauritshuis was privatised in 1995. The foundation set up at that time took charge of both the building and the collection, which it was given on long-term loan. This building, which is the property of the state, is rented by the museum. In 2007, the museum announced its desire to expand. In 2010, the definitive design was presented.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.architectuur.org/nieuwsitem/1498/Mauritshuis_presenteert_voorlopig_ontwerp.html |title=Mauritshuis presenteert voorlopig ontwerp |website=Architectuur.org |date=22 June 2010|language=nl}}</ref> The museum would occupy a part of the nearby Sociëteit de Witte building. The two buildings would be connected via a tunnel, running underneath the Korte Vijverberg.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.denhaagcentraal.net/550/images/archief/DHC-012.pdf |title=Mauritshuis aast op De Witte |website=Den Haag Centraal |date=3 August 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731082549/http://www.denhaagcentraal.net/550/images/archief/DHC-012.pdf |archivedate=July 31, 2013 }}</ref> The renovation started in 2012 and finished in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/4512/Cultuur/article/detail/3234279/2012/04/01/Mauritshuis-vanaf-morgen-voor-twee-jaar-gesloten.dhtml |title=Mauritshuis vanaf morgen voor twee jaar gesloten |website=Trouw |accessdate=30 December 2013|language=nl}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/kunst/article1393092.ece/Mauritshuis_wordt_nooit_een_hal |title=Mauritshuis wordt nooit een hal |date=23 June 2010 |website=De Volkskrant |accessdate=30 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626160026/http://www.volkskrant.nl/kunst/article1393092.ece/Mauritshuis_wordt_nooit_een_hal |archivedate=June 26, 2010 }}</ref> During the renovation, about 100 of the museum's paintings were displayed in the [[Gemeentemuseum Den Haag|Gemeentemuseum]] in the ''Highlights Mauritshuis'' exhibition.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gemeentemuseum.nl/en/exhibitions/highlights-mauritshuis |title=Highlights Mauritshuis |website=Gemeentemuseum |accessdate=30 December 2013}}</ref> About 50 other paintings, including the ''[[Girl With the Pearl Earring]]'', were on loan to exhibitions in the United States and Japan. The museum was reopened on 27 June 2014 by [[Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands|King Willem-Alexander]].<ref name="reopened">{{nl icon}} Nando Kasteleijn, "[http://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2014/06/27/het-mauritshuis-is-weer-open-deze-drie-dingen-moet-je-weten/ Het Mauritshuis is weer open. Dit moet je weten over het vernieuwde museum]", ''[[NRC Handelsblad]]'', 2014. Retrieved on 28 June 2014.</ref>
In 1995, the Mauritshuis was established as a non-profit foundation. The foundation set up at that time took charge of both the building and the collection, which it was given on long-term loan. This building, which is the property of the state, continues to be rented by the museum. In 2007, the museum announced its desire to expand. Within three years the definitive design was presented.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 June 2010 |title=Mauritshuis presenteert voorlopig ontwerp |url=http://www.architectuur.org/nieuwsitem/1498/Mauritshuis_presenteert_voorlopig_ontwerp.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129132651/https://www.architectuur.org/nieuwsitem/1498/Mauritshuis_presenteert_voorlopig_ontwerp.html |archive-date=29 November 2020 |access-date=30 December 2013 |website=Architectuur.org |language=nl}}</ref> The museum would occupy a part of the nearby Sociëteit de Witte building. The two buildings would be connected via a tunnel, running underneath the Korte Vijverberg.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 August 2007 |title=Mauritshuis aast op De Witte |url=http://www.denhaagcentraal.net/550/images/archief/DHC-012.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731082549/http://www.denhaagcentraal.net/550/images/archief/DHC-012.pdf |archive-date=July 31, 2013 |website=Den Haag Centraal}}</ref>

The renovation started in 2012 and finished in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 2012 |title=Mauritshuis vanaf morgen voor twee jaar gesloten |url=http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/4512/Cultuur/article/detail/3234279/2012/04/01/Mauritshuis-vanaf-morgen-voor-twee-jaar-gesloten.dhtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230235455/http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/4512/Cultuur/article/detail/3234279/2012/04/01/Mauritshuis-vanaf-morgen-voor-twee-jaar-gesloten.dhtml |archive-date=30 December 2013 |access-date=30 December 2013 |website=Trouw |language=nl}}; {{Cite web |date=23 June 2010 |title=Mauritshuis wordt nooit een hal |url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/kunst/article1393092.ece/Mauritshuis_wordt_nooit_een_hal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626160026/http://www.volkskrant.nl/kunst/article1393092.ece/Mauritshuis_wordt_nooit_een_hal |archive-date=June 26, 2010 |access-date=30 December 2013 |website=De Volkskrant}}</ref> The design was by Hans van Heeswijk.<ref>{{Cite web |last=architecten |first=Hans van Heeswijk |title=Mauritshuis |url=https://www.heeswijk.nl/projecten/mauritshuis.html |access-date=2024-10-16 |website=www.heeswijk.nl |language=nl}}</ref> During the renovation, about 100 of the museum's paintings were displayed in The Hague's [[Kunstmuseum Den Haag|Kunstmuseum]] in the ''Highlights Mauritshuis'' exhibition.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Highlights Mauritshuis |url=http://www.gemeentemuseum.nl/en/exhibitions/highlights-mauritshuis |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108211741/http://www.gemeentemuseum.nl/en/exhibitions/highlights-mauritshuis |archive-date=8 November 2016 |access-date=30 December 2013 |website=Gemeentemuseum}}</ref> About 50 other paintings, including the ''[[Girl With the Pearl Earring]]'', went on loan to exhibitions in the United States and Japan. The expanded museum was reopened on 27 June 2014 by King [[Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands|Willem-Alexander]].<ref name="reopened">{{in lang|nl}} Nando Kasteleijn, "[http://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2014/06/27/het-mauritshuis-is-weer-open-deze-drie-dingen-moet-je-weten/ Het Mauritshuis is weer open. Dit moet je weten over het vernieuwde museum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016084318/http://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2014/06/27/het-mauritshuis-is-weer-open-deze-drie-dingen-moet-je-weten |date=2015-10-16 }}", ''[[NRC Handelsblad]]'', 2014. Retrieved on 28 June 2014.</ref>

==Controversy over the colonial past of Prince Maurice==
[[File:Museum Kurhaus Kleve PM15-11.jpg|thumb|220px|''Bust of John Maurice'' by [[Bartholomeus Eggers]]]]
In 1664 Prince John Maurice ordered a marble bust portrait of himself for the garden of the Mauritshuis, the Prince's residence in the Hague. The statue was sculpted by the Flemish sculptor [[Bartholomeus Eggers]]. Prince Maurice had the bust moved to the burial chamber (Fürstengruft) in [[Siegen]] which he had built for himself in 1670.

In 1986 a copy of the statue made in plastic was placed inside the Mauritshuis.<ref>Susie Protschky, ''Between corporate and familial responsibility: Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen and masculine governance in Europe and the Dutch colonial world'', in: Susan Broomhall and Jacqueline van Gent (eds), 'Governing Masculinities: Regulating Selves and Others in the Early Modern Period', Aldershot: Ashgate, 2011, p. 162</ref> The bust was removed from the Mauritshuis in 2017 amidst controversy over Holland's colonial history and Prince John Maurice's role in the slave trade.<ref>[https://www.frieze.com/article/mauritshuis-bust-and-volatile-heritage-debate-netherlands Vincent van Velsen, ''The Mauritshuis Bust and the Volatile Heritage Debate in the Netherlands''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424200001/https://www.frieze.com/article/mauritshuis-bust-and-volatile-heritage-debate-netherlands |date=2021-04-24 }}, in Frieze, 5 February 2018</ref> The Mauritshuis museum has denied that the removal had anything to do with the controversy and has stated that the decision was taken on the grounds that the object was solely a copy made of plastic and the museum was unable to offer the necessary historical context for it in the foyer of the Mauritshuis where it was exhibited.<ref>[https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/discover/news-archive/2018/bust-johan-maurits ‘’Bust Johan Maurits’’] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809180851/https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/discover/news-archive/2018/bust-johan-maurits/ |date=2020-08-09 }}, published on 15 January 2018, at the Mauritshuis website</ref> The museum has since created a webpage dedicated to explaining the role of the Prince in the creation of the museum's building and collection and the museum's current view of the Prince. The statements on the page highlight the key role the Prince played in the slave trade in Brazil and how his immense wealth was likely sourced (in certain cases even in breach of then existing rules) from his involvement in the slave trade.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/discover/mauritshuis/johan-maurits |title=Page on Johan Maurits at the Mauritshuis website |access-date=2021-06-06 |archive-date=2021-06-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606175742/https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/discover/mauritshuis/johan-maurits/ |url-status=live }}</ref>


==Collection==
==Collection==
{{details|List of artists in the collection of the Mauritshuis}}
{{further|List of artists in the collection of the Mauritshuis}}
The collection of paintings of stadtholder [[William V, Prince of Orange]] was presented to the Dutch state by his son, King [[William I of the Netherlands|William I]]. This collection formed the basis of the Royal Cabinet of Paintings of around 200 paintings. The collection is currently called the Royal Picture Gallery. The current collection consists of almost 800 paintings<ref>{{cite web|title=History of the collection |publisher=Mauritshuis |url=http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?chapterid=2353 |accessdate=2008-08-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080618214655/http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?chapterid=2353 |archivedate=June 18, 2008 }}</ref> and focusses on Dutch and Flemish artists, such as [[Pieter Brueghel the Elder|Pieter Brueghel]], [[Paulus Potter]], [[Peter Paul Rubens]], [[Rembrandt van Rijn]], [[Jacob van Ruisdael]], [[Johannes Vermeer]], and [[Rogier van der Weyden]]. There are also works of [[Hans Holbein the Younger|Hans Holbein]] in the collection in the Mauritshuis.<ref>{{cite web|title=Prince Willem V |publisher=Mauritshuis |url=http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?ChapterID=2419&ContentID=18356 |accessdate=2008-08-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719095614/http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?ChapterID=2419&ContentID=18356 |archivedate=July 19, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Royal acquisitions |publisher=Mauritshuis |url=http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?ChapterID=2428&ContentID=19483 |accessdate=2008-08-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719095700/http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?ChapterID=2428&ContentID=19483 |archivedate=July 19, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Acquisitions policy |publisher=Mauritshuis |url=http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?ChapterID=2429&ContentID=19484 |accessdate=2008-08-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719095754/http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?ChapterID=2429&ContentID=19484 |archivedate=July 19, 2011 }}</ref>
The collection of paintings of stadholder [[William V, Prince of Orange]] was presented to the Dutch state by his son, King [[William I of the Netherlands|William I]]. This collection formed the basis of the Royal Cabinet of Paintings of around 200 paintings. The collection is currently called the Royal Picture Gallery. The current collection consists of almost 800 paintings<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of the collection |url=http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?chapterid=2353 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080618214655/http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?chapterid=2353 |archive-date=June 18, 2008 |access-date=2008-08-08 |publisher=Mauritshuis}}</ref> and focusses on Dutch and Flemish artists, such as [[Pieter Brueghel the Elder|Pieter Brueghel]], [[Paulus Potter]], [[Peter Paul Rubens]], [[Rembrandt van Rijn]], [[Jacob van Ruisdael]], [[Johannes Vermeer]], and [[Rogier van der Weyden]]. There are also works of [[Hans Holbein the Younger|Hans Holbein]] in the collection in the Mauritshuis.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prince Willem V |url=http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?ChapterID=2419&ContentID=18356 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719095614/http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?ChapterID=2419&ContentID=18356 |archive-date=July 19, 2011 |access-date=2008-08-08 |publisher=Mauritshuis}}; {{Cite web |title=Royal acquisitions |url=http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?ChapterID=2428&ContentID=19483 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719095700/http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?ChapterID=2428&ContentID=19483 |archive-date=July 19, 2011 |access-date=2008-08-08 |publisher=Mauritshuis}}; {{Cite web |title=Acquisitions policy |url=http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?ChapterID=2429&ContentID=19484 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719095754/http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?ChapterID=2429&ContentID=19484 |archive-date=July 19, 2011 |access-date=2008-08-08 |publisher=Mauritshuis}}</ref>


===Selected works===
===Selected exhibits===
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Portrait of Johan Maurits (1604-1679), Count of Nassau-Siegen.jpg|[[John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen|Prince John Maurice]] portrayed by [[Jan de Baen]].
File:Portrait of Johan Maurits (1604-1679), Count of Nassau-Siegen.jpg|[[Jan de Baen]]<br />[[John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen|''Prince John Maurice'']] (c. 1669)
File:Meisje met de parel.jpg|[[Johannes Vermeer]]<br>''[[Girl with a Pearl Earring]]'' (ca. 1665)
File:Meisje met de parel.jpg|[[Johannes Vermeer]]<br />''[[Girl with a Pearl Earring]]'' (c. 1665)
File:Rembrandt - The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp.jpg|[[Rembrandt van Rijn]]<br>''[[The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp]]'' (ca. 1632)
File:Rembrandt - The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp.jpg|[[Rembrandt van Rijn]]<br />''[[The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp]]'' (c. 1632)
File:Vermeer-view-of-delft.jpg|[[Johannes Vermeer]]<br>''[[View of Delft]]'' (ca. 1660)
File:Vermeer-view-of-delft.jpg|[[Johannes Vermeer]]<br />''[[View of Delft]]'' (c. 1660)
File:Paulus Potter - De Stier.jpg|[[Paulus Potter]]<br>''[[The Young Bull]]'' (1647)
File:Paulus Potter - De Stier.jpg|[[Paulus Potter]]<br />''[[The Young Bull]]'' (1647)
File:Frans Hals - Lachende jongen.jpg|[[Frans Hals]]<br>''[[Laughing Boy (painting)|Laughing Boy]]'' (ca. 1625)
File:Frans Hals - Lachende jongen.jpg|[[Frans Hals]]<br />''[[Laughing Boy (painting)|Laughing Boy]]'' (c. 1625)
File:Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 134.jpg|[[Rembrandt|Rembrandt van Rijn]]<br>Self-portrait (1669)
File:Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 134.jpg|[[Rembrandt|Rembrandt van Rijn]]<br />Self-portrait (1669)
File:Peter Paul Rubens - Night Scene - WGA20423.jpg|[[Peter Paul Rubens]]<br>''Night scene'' ({{circa}} 1616/17)
File:Jan Baptist Xavery - Bust of William IV, Prince of Orange (cropped).jpg|[[Jan Baptist Xavery]]<br />''Bust of William IV, Prince of Orange'' (1733)
File:Hendrick Avercamp 004.jpg|[[Hendrick Avercamp]]<br>''On the ice'' ({{circa}} 1610)
File:Peter Paul Rubens - Night Scene - WGA20423.jpg|[[Peter Paul Rubens]]<br />''Night scene'' ({{circa}} 1616/17)
File:Fabritius-vink.jpg|[[Carel Fabritius]]<br>''[[The Goldfinch (painting)|The Goldfinch]]'' (1654)
File:Hendrick Avercamp 004.jpg|[[Hendrick Avercamp]]<br />''On the ice'' ({{circa}} 1610)
File:SB 6330-Het Damrak-Het Damrak naar het noorden gezien.jpg|[[Jacob van Ruisdael]]<br>''[[View of the Dam and Damrak at Amsterdam]]'' (1670s)
File:Anthony van Dyck - Portrait of Quintijn Symons (1592 - after 1646) - 242 - Mauritshuis.jpg|[[Anthony van Dyck]]<br />''Portrait of Quintijn Symons'' (c. 1634)
File:Fabritius-vink.jpg|[[Carel Fabritius]]<br />''[[The Goldfinch (painting)|The Goldfinch]]'' (1654)
File:Joachim Beuckelaer - Keukenscène met Christus en de Emmaüsgangers.jpg|[[Joachim Beuckelaer]]<br />''Kitchen scene with Christ and the disciples at Emmaus'' (c. 1563)
File:SB 6330-Het Damrak-Het Damrak naar het noorden gezien.jpg|[[Jacob van Ruisdael]]<br />''[[View of the Dam and Damrak at Amsterdam]]'' (1670s)
File:Wooded Landscape with Farmsteds.jpg|[[Meindert Hobbema]]<br />''Wooded Landscape with Farmsteads'' (c. 1665)
</gallery>
</gallery>


== Administration ==
== Administration ==
[[File:Den Haag Binnenhof Mauritshuis & Skyline 1.jpg|thumb|The Mauritshuis seen next to the [[Torentje]]]]
[[File:Den Haag Binnenhof Mauritshuis & Skyline 1.jpg|thumb|The Mauritshuis seen next to the [[Torentje]]]]
The Mauritshuis was a state museum until 1995, when it became independent. The [[Prince William V Gallery]] is also managed by the organization.<ref name="who"/>
The Mauritshuis was a state museum until 1995, when it became an independent foundation. It still continues to receive funding from the Dutch central government. For its estimated budget for 2024, the government provided just under a third (5m Euros) of its total budget of 16m Euros.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Jaarverslag 2023 |url=https://www.mauritshuis.nl/media/ujijv3l0/jaarverslag-2023.pdf |access-date=16 October 2024}}</ref> The [[Prince William V Gallery]] is also managed by the organisation.<ref name="who"/>


The museum has a staff of around 91 people.<ref name=":0" /> [[:nl:Emilie Gordenker|Emilie Elise Saskia Gordenker]] was [[museum director]] from 2008 until 2020. [[Martine Gosselink]] assumed the directorship in February 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Martine Gosselink new director Mauritshuis {{!}} Mauritshuis |url=https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/press-releases/martine-gosselink-new-director-mauritshuis/ |access-date=2024-10-16 |website=www.mauritshuis.nl |language=en-US}}</ref> Victor Moussault served as deputy director from 2007<ref name="who"/> until 2016,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Deputy Director Mauritshuis Announces Departure {{!}} Mauritshuis |url=https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/press-releases/deputy-director-mauritshuis-announces-departure/ |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=www.mauritshuis.nl |language=en-US}}</ref> succeeded by Sander Uitdenbogaard in 2017.
The museum has a staff of around 50 people. Emilie E. S. Gordenker has been the [[museum director]] since 2008, and Victor Moussault has been the deputy director since 2007.<ref name="who"/>


In the period 2005–2011, the Mauritshuis had between 205,000 and 262,000 visitors per year.<ref name="visitors20052008"/><ref name="visitors20092010"/><ref name="annualreport2011">[http://mauritshuis.nl/-/media/1d46e4a08b2d44938d310df73997313f.ashx Annual Report 2011], Mauritshuis. Retrieved on 21 June 2014.</ref> In 2011, the museum was the 13th most visited museum in the Netherlands.<ref>{{nl icon}} [http://www.museumvereniging.nl/Portals/0/Top%2055%20bezoek%202008-2011.pdf Top 55 Museumbezoek 2011], Museumvereniging. Retrieved on 21 June 2014.</ref> In 2012, when the museum closed for renovation on 1 April, it received 45,981 visitors.<ref name="annualreport2012"/> The museum was closed all of 2013 and was reopened on 27 June 2014.<ref name="reopened"/><ref name="reopening"/>
In the period 2005 to 2011, the Mauritshuis saw between 205,000 and 262,000 visitors per year.<ref name="visitors20052008"/><ref name="visitors20092010"/><ref name="annualreport2011">[http://mauritshuis.nl/-/media/1d46e4a08b2d44938d310df73997313f.ashx Annual Report 2011] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035532/http://mauritshuis.nl/-/media/1d46e4a08b2d44938d310df73997313f.ashx |date=2016-03-04 }}, Mauritshuis. Retrieved on 21 June 2014.</ref> In 2011, the museum was the 13th most visited museum in the Netherlands.<ref>{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.museumvereniging.nl/Portals/0/Top%2055%20bezoek%202008-2011.pdf Top 55 Museumbezoek 2011] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922015616/http://www.museumvereniging.nl/Portals/0/Top%2055%20bezoek%202008-2011.pdf |date=2013-09-22 }}, Museumvereniging. Retrieved on 21 June 2014.</ref> In 2012, when the museum closed for renovation on 1 April, it received 45,981 visitors.<ref name="annualreport2012"/> The museum was closed all of 2013 and was reopened on 27 June 2014.<ref name="reopened"/><ref name="reopening"/> It closed for three months in the spring of 2020 in response to the Covid epidemic.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mauritshuis Annual Report 2020 |url=https://www.mauritshuis.nl/media/kdyjmyjl/annual-report-2020.pdf |website=Mauritshuis |page=13}}</ref>


===Visitors===
===Visitors===
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|2005||222,477 (est.)<ref name="visitors20052008">{{nl icon}} [http://www.museumvereniging.nl/Portals/0/Documents/Producten%20en%20diensten/Kopie%20van%20Top%2055%20bezoek%202005-2010%20def2.pdf Top 55 Museumbezoek 2010], Museumvereniging. Retrieved on 21 June 2014.</ref>||2010||231,795<ref name="visitors20092010"/>||2015||500.476<ref name="visitors2015">Mauritshuis Museum: [https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/organisation/jaarverslag-2015/ Annual Report 2015].</ref>
|2005||222,477 (est.)<ref name="visitors20052008">{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.museumvereniging.nl/Portals/0/Documents/Producten%20en%20diensten/Kopie%20van%20Top%2055%20bezoek%202005-2010%20def2.pdf Top 55 Museumbezoek 2010] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040002/http://www.museumvereniging.nl/Portals/0/Documents/Producten%20en%20diensten/Kopie%20van%20Top%2055%20bezoek%202005-2010%20def2.pdf |date=2016-03-04 }}, Museumvereniging. Retrieved on 21 June 2014.</ref>||2010||231,795<ref name="visitors20092010"/>||2015||500.476<ref name="visitors2015">Mauritshuis Museum: [https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/organisation/jaarverslag-2015/ Annual Report 2015] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609051412/https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/about-us/ |date=2022-06-09 }}.</ref>
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|2020
|138.916<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mauritshuis Jaarverslag 2020 |url=https://www.mauritshuis.nl/media/hcsj4u20/jaarverslag-2020.pdf |access-date=20 October 2024}}</ref>
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|2006||244,610 (est.)<ref name="visitors20052008"/>||2011||261,127<ref name="annualreport2011"/>||2016||414.239<ref name="visitors2016">Mauritshuis Museum: [https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/organisation/jaarverslag-2016/ Annual Report 2016].</ref>
|2006||244,610 (est.)<ref name="visitors20052008"/>||2011||261,127<ref name="annualreport2011"/>||2016||414.239<ref name="visitors2016">Mauritshuis Museum: [https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/organisation/jaarverslag-2016/ Annual Report 2016] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802123045/https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/organisation/jaarverslag-2016/ |date=2019-08-02 }}.</ref>
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|2021
|113.000 (est) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Mauritshuis Jaarverslag 2021 |url=https://www.mauritshuis.nl/media/4gpngelp/mauritshuis-jaarverslag-2021.pdf |access-date=20 October 2024}}</ref>
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|2007||230,000 (est.)<ref name="visitors20052008"/>||2012||45,981<ref name="annualreport2012">[http://mauritshuis.nl/-/media/9f96c2a94f0a4cf8b235b6ce41849932.ashx Annual Report 2012], Mauritshuis. Retrieved on 21 June 2014.</ref>||2017||417.227<ref name="visitors2017">Mauritshuis Museum: [https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/organisation/jaarverslag-2017/ Annual Report 2017].</ref>
|2007||230,000 (est.)<ref name="visitors20052008"/>||2012||45,981<ref name="annualreport2012">[http://mauritshuis.nl/-/media/9f96c2a94f0a4cf8b235b6ce41849932.ashx Annual Report 2012] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052604/http://mauritshuis.nl/-/media/9f96c2a94f0a4cf8b235b6ce41849932.ashx |date=2016-03-04 }}, Mauritshuis. Retrieved on 21 June 2014.</ref>||2017||417.227<ref name="visitors2017">Mauritshuis Museum: [https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/organisation/jaarverslag-2017/ Annual Report 2017] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802123043/https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/organisation/jaarverslag-2017/ |date=2019-08-02 }}.</ref>
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|2022
|400.000 (est) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Mauritishuis Jaarverslag 2022 |url=https://www.mauritshuis.nl/media/flzjent0/mauritshuis-jaarverslag_2022.pdf |access-date=20 October 2024}}</ref>
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|2008||240,000 (est.)<ref name="visitors20052008"/>||2013||''closed''<ref name="reopening">[http://mauritshuis.nl/en/discover/news-archive/2013/opening-mauritshuis-27-june-2014/ Mauritshuis Opening on 27 June 2014] (press release), Mauritshuis, 2013. Retrieved on 21 June 2014.</ref>||2018||416.334<ref name="visitors2018" />
|2008||240,000 (est.)<ref name="visitors20052008"/>||2013||''closed''<ref name="reopening">[http://mauritshuis.nl/en/discover/news-archive/2013/opening-mauritshuis-27-june-2014/ Mauritshuis Opening on 27 June 2014] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022084740/https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/discover/news-archive/2013/opening-mauritshuis-27-june-2014/ |date=22 October 2016 }} (press release), Mauritshuis, 2013. Retrieved on 21 June 2014.</ref>||2018||416.334<ref name="visitors2018" />
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|2023
|451.000 (est) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Mauritishuis Jaarverslag 2023 |url=https://www.mauritshuis.nl/media/ujijv3l0/jaarverslag-2023.pdf |access-date=20 October 2024}}</ref>
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|2009||205,678<ref name="visitors20092010">{{nl icon}} [http://www.denhaag.buurtmonitor.nl/quickstep/QsReport.aspx?report=musea Musea, erfgoed], Municipality of The Hague. Retrieved on 21 June 2014.</ref>||2014||322,000 (est.)<ref>[http://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/press/persarchief/2014/succesvol-openingsjaar-mauritshuis/ Successful inaugural year for Mauritshuis] (press release), Mauritshuis, 2014. Retrieved on 23 June 2015.</ref>||2019||--
|2009||205,678<ref name="visitors20092010">{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.denhaag.buurtmonitor.nl/quickstep/QsReport.aspx?report=musea Musea, erfgoed] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528180600/https://denhaag.incijfers.nl/home?ReturnUrl=%2Fquickstep%2FQsReport.aspx%3Freport%3Dmusea&report=musea |date=2020-05-28 }}, Municipality of The Hague. Retrieved on 21 June 2014.</ref>||2014||322,000 (est.)<ref>[http://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/press/persarchief/2014/succesvol-openingsjaar-mauritshuis/ Successful inaugural year for Mauritshuis] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212084639/https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/press/persarchief/2014/succesvol-openingsjaar-mauritshuis/ |date=2017-12-12 }} (press release), Mauritshuis, 2014. Retrieved on 23 June 2015.</ref>||2019||481,667<ref name=":0" />
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Mauritshuis
Mauritshuis in 2005
Mauritshuis is located in South Holland
Mauritshuis
Location in South Holland in the Netherlands
Established1822[2]
LocationPlein 29[1]
The Hague, Netherlands
Coordinates52°04′49″N 4°18′51″E / 52.0804°N 4.3143°E / 52.0804; 4.3143
TypeArt museum
Collection size854 objects[3]
Visitors416,334 (2018)[4]
DirectorMartine Gosselink[5]
PresidentIla Kasem[5]
OwnerDutch state
Websitewww.mauritshuis.nl/en/

The Mauritshuis (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmʌurɪtsˌɦœys], The Hague dialect: [ˈmɑːʁɪtsˌɦœːs]; lit. 'Maurice House') is an art museum in The Hague, Netherlands. The museum houses the Royal Cabinet of Paintings which consists of 854 objects, mostly Dutch Golden Age paintings. The collection contains works by Johannes Vermeer, Rembrandt van Rijn, Jan Steen, Paulus Potter, Frans Hals, Jacob van Ruisdael, Hans Holbein the Younger, and others. Originally, the 17th-century building was the residence of Count John Maurice of Nassau. The building is now the property of the government of the Netherlands and is listed in the top 100 Dutch heritage sites.

History

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The Mauritshuis in 1825.

In 1631, John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen, a cousin of Stadtholder Frederick Henry, bought a plot bordering the Binnenhof and the adjacent Hofvijver pond in The Hague,[6] at that time the political centre of the Dutch Republic. Between 1636 and 1641, the Mauritshuis was built on this piece of land, during John Maurice's governorship of Dutch Brazil. It was built in the Dutch Classicist style by the Dutch architects Jacob van Campen and Pieter Post.[7] The two-storey building is strictly symmetrical; originally the interior contained four apartments and a great hall. Each apartment was designed with an antechamber, a chamber, a cabinet, and a cloakroom. The building had a cupola, which was destroyed in a fire in 1704.[8]

After the death of Prince John Maurice in 1679, the house was owned by the Maes family, who leased the house to the Dutch government. In 1704, most of the interior of the Mauritshuis was destroyed by fire. The building was restored between 1708 and 1718.[9]

In 1774, an art gallery open to the public was formed in what is now the Prince William V Gallery. That collection was seized by the French in 1795 and only partially recovered in 1808. The small gallery space soon proved to be too small, however, and in 1820, the Mauritshuis was bought by the Dutch state for the purpose of housing the Royal Cabinet of Paintings.[10] In 1822, the Mauritshuis was opened to the public and housed the Royal Cabinet of Paintings and the Royal Cabinet of Rarities. In 1875, the entire museum became available for paintings.[2]

In 1995, the Mauritshuis was established as a non-profit foundation. The foundation set up at that time took charge of both the building and the collection, which it was given on long-term loan. This building, which is the property of the state, continues to be rented by the museum. In 2007, the museum announced its desire to expand. Within three years the definitive design was presented.[11] The museum would occupy a part of the nearby Sociëteit de Witte building. The two buildings would be connected via a tunnel, running underneath the Korte Vijverberg.[12]

The renovation started in 2012 and finished in 2014.[13] The design was by Hans van Heeswijk.[14] During the renovation, about 100 of the museum's paintings were displayed in The Hague's Kunstmuseum in the Highlights Mauritshuis exhibition.[15] About 50 other paintings, including the Girl With the Pearl Earring, went on loan to exhibitions in the United States and Japan. The expanded museum was reopened on 27 June 2014 by King Willem-Alexander.[16]

Controversy over the colonial past of Prince Maurice

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Bust of John Maurice by Bartholomeus Eggers

In 1664 Prince John Maurice ordered a marble bust portrait of himself for the garden of the Mauritshuis, the Prince's residence in the Hague. The statue was sculpted by the Flemish sculptor Bartholomeus Eggers. Prince Maurice had the bust moved to the burial chamber (Fürstengruft) in Siegen which he had built for himself in 1670.

In 1986 a copy of the statue made in plastic was placed inside the Mauritshuis.[17] The bust was removed from the Mauritshuis in 2017 amidst controversy over Holland's colonial history and Prince John Maurice's role in the slave trade.[18] The Mauritshuis museum has denied that the removal had anything to do with the controversy and has stated that the decision was taken on the grounds that the object was solely a copy made of plastic and the museum was unable to offer the necessary historical context for it in the foyer of the Mauritshuis where it was exhibited.[19] The museum has since created a webpage dedicated to explaining the role of the Prince in the creation of the museum's building and collection and the museum's current view of the Prince. The statements on the page highlight the key role the Prince played in the slave trade in Brazil and how his immense wealth was likely sourced (in certain cases even in breach of then existing rules) from his involvement in the slave trade.[20]

Collection

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Further information: List of artists in the collection of the Mauritshuis

The collection of paintings of stadholder William V, Prince of Orange was presented to the Dutch state by his son, King William I. This collection formed the basis of the Royal Cabinet of Paintings of around 200 paintings. The collection is currently called the Royal Picture Gallery. The current collection consists of almost 800 paintings[21] and focusses on Dutch and Flemish artists, such as Pieter Brueghel, Paulus Potter, Peter Paul Rubens, Rembrandt van Rijn, Jacob van Ruisdael, Johannes Vermeer, and Rogier van der Weyden. There are also works of Hans Holbein in the collection in the Mauritshuis.[22]

Selected exhibits

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Administration

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The Mauritshuis seen next to the Torentje

The Mauritshuis was a state museum until 1995, when it became an independent foundation. It still continues to receive funding from the Dutch central government. For its estimated budget for 2024, the government provided just under a third (5m Euros) of its total budget of 16m Euros.[23] The Prince William V Gallery is also managed by the organisation.[5]

The museum has a staff of around 91 people.[23] Emilie Elise Saskia Gordenker was museum director from 2008 until 2020. Martine Gosselink assumed the directorship in February 2020.[24] Victor Moussault served as deputy director from 2007[5] until 2016,[25] succeeded by Sander Uitdenbogaard in 2017.

In the period 2005 to 2011, the Mauritshuis saw between 205,000 and 262,000 visitors per year.[26][27][28] In 2011, the museum was the 13th most visited museum in the Netherlands.[29] In 2012, when the museum closed for renovation on 1 April, it received 45,981 visitors.[30] The museum was closed all of 2013 and was reopened on 27 June 2014.[16][31] It closed for three months in the spring of 2020 in response to the Covid epidemic.[32]

Visitors

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Year Visitors   Year Visitors   Year Visitors Year Visitors
2005 222,477 (est.)[26] 2010 231,795[27] 2015 500.476[33] 2020 138.916[34]
2006 244,610 (est.)[26] 2011 261,127[28] 2016 414.239[35] 2021 113.000 (est) [36]
2007 230,000 (est.)[26] 2012 45,981[30] 2017 417.227[37] 2022 400.000 (est) [38]
2008 240,000 (est.)[26] 2013 closed[31] 2018 416.334[4] 2023 451.000 (est) [39]
2009 205,678[27] 2014 322,000 (est.)[40] 2019 481,667[23] 2024 -

References

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  1. ^ Address and directions Archived 2017-12-12 at the Wayback Machine, Mauritshuis. Retrieved on 16 June 2014.
  2. ^ a b "The Mauritshuis is turned into a museum". Mauritshuis. Archived from the original on August 23, 2006. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
  3. ^ Search the collection Archived 2017-09-05 at the Wayback Machine, Mauritshuis. Retrieved on 2 August 2019.
  4. ^ a b Mauritshuis Museum: Annual Report 2018 Archived 2019-07-11 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2 August 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d e Who we are
  6. ^ "Location and garden". Mauritshuis. Archived from the original on March 6, 2007. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
  7. ^ "The building". Mauritshuis. Archived from the original on June 18, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
  8. ^ "The 17th-century interior". Mauritshuis. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
  9. ^ "Fire and restoration". Mauritshuis. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
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  11. ^ "Mauritshuis presenteert voorlopig ontwerp". Architectuur.org (in Dutch). 22 June 2010. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  12. ^ "Mauritshuis aast op De Witte" (PDF). Den Haag Centraal. 3 August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 31, 2013.
  13. ^ "Mauritshuis vanaf morgen voor twee jaar gesloten". Trouw (in Dutch). April 2012. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.; "Mauritshuis wordt nooit een hal". De Volkskrant. 23 June 2010. Archived from the original on June 26, 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  14. ^ architecten, Hans van Heeswijk. "Mauritshuis". www.heeswijk.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  15. ^ "Highlights Mauritshuis". Gemeentemuseum. Archived from the original on 8 November 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  16. ^ a b (in Dutch) Nando Kasteleijn, "Het Mauritshuis is weer open. Dit moet je weten over het vernieuwde museum Archived 2015-10-16 at the Wayback Machine", NRC Handelsblad, 2014. Retrieved on 28 June 2014.
  17. ^ Susie Protschky, Between corporate and familial responsibility: Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen and masculine governance in Europe and the Dutch colonial world, in: Susan Broomhall and Jacqueline van Gent (eds), 'Governing Masculinities: Regulating Selves and Others in the Early Modern Period', Aldershot: Ashgate, 2011, p. 162
  18. ^ Vincent van Velsen, The Mauritshuis Bust and the Volatile Heritage Debate in the Netherlands Archived 2021-04-24 at the Wayback Machine, in Frieze, 5 February 2018
  19. ^ ‘’Bust Johan Maurits’’ Archived 2020-08-09 at the Wayback Machine, published on 15 January 2018, at the Mauritshuis website
  20. ^ "Page on Johan Maurits at the Mauritshuis website". Archived from the original on 2021-06-06. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  21. ^ "History of the collection". Mauritshuis. Archived from the original on June 18, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
  22. ^ "Prince Willem V". Mauritshuis. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved 2008-08-08.; "Royal acquisitions". Mauritshuis. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved 2008-08-08.; "Acquisitions policy". Mauritshuis. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
  23. ^ a b c "Jaarverslag 2023" (PDF). Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  24. ^ "Martine Gosselink new director Mauritshuis | Mauritshuis". www.mauritshuis.nl. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  25. ^ "Deputy Director Mauritshuis Announces Departure | Mauritshuis". www.mauritshuis.nl. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
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  27. ^ a b c (in Dutch) Musea, erfgoed Archived 2020-05-28 at the Wayback Machine, Municipality of The Hague. Retrieved on 21 June 2014.
  28. ^ a b Annual Report 2011 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Mauritshuis. Retrieved on 21 June 2014.
  29. ^ (in Dutch) Top 55 Museumbezoek 2011 Archived 2013-09-22 at the Wayback Machine, Museumvereniging. Retrieved on 21 June 2014.
  30. ^ a b Annual Report 2012 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Mauritshuis. Retrieved on 21 June 2014.
  31. ^ a b Mauritshuis Opening on 27 June 2014 Archived 22 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine (press release), Mauritshuis, 2013. Retrieved on 21 June 2014.
  32. ^ "Mauritshuis Annual Report 2020" (PDF). Mauritshuis. p. 13.
  33. ^ Mauritshuis Museum: Annual Report 2015 Archived 2022-06-09 at the Wayback Machine.
  34. ^ "Mauritshuis Jaarverslag 2020" (PDF). Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  35. ^ Mauritshuis Museum: Annual Report 2016 Archived 2019-08-02 at the Wayback Machine.
  36. ^ "Mauritshuis Jaarverslag 2021" (PDF). Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  37. ^ Mauritshuis Museum: Annual Report 2017 Archived 2019-08-02 at the Wayback Machine.
  38. ^ "Mauritishuis Jaarverslag 2022" (PDF). Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  39. ^ "Mauritishuis Jaarverslag 2023" (PDF). Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  40. ^ Successful inaugural year for Mauritshuis Archived 2017-12-12 at the Wayback Machine (press release), Mauritshuis, 2014. Retrieved on 23 June 2015.
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