Prince Johan Maurits called it home; Vermeer, Rembrandt and Potter found a home here, and we would like you to feel at home here too.  

The building

In the center of The Hague, directly adjacent to the Binnenhof government buildings on the Hofvijver pond, the mansion of Johan Maurits, Count of Nassau Siegen, governor-general of Dutch Brazil, arose around 1640. The strictly classical building was designed and built by Jacob van Campen and Pieter Post, the two most important Dutch architects of that time. Since 1822, the intimate 'Mauritshuis Royal Picture Gallery' has housed the Royal Cabinet of Paintings, one of the most famous collections in the world.  

The collection

The core of the collection consists of masterpieces from the Dutch Golden Age, including paintings by Vermeer, Rembrandt, Jan Steen, Frans Hals, Potter and Ruisdael and numerous other masters. But there is much more to see. 

The works on permanent display provide a magnificent panorama of Dutch and Flemish art from the fifteenth to the seventeenth century; from Flemish primitives to sunlit landscapes, from biblical characters to meticulous still lifes, and from calm interiors to humorous genre scenes.