October 2015

Den Haag  -  The Hague

One day we took the train to The Hague and visited Mauritshuis. A small museum with a giant collection! 

A collection of world-famous paintings by Dutch and Flemish masters.  The museum is in a beautiful mansion and it includes works by Vermeer, Rembrandt, Steen, Hals and Rubens. Here are a few pictures of our route from the train station to the museum, its surroundings and a few samples of the collection.

The Central Station, the street leading to the museum and the ever-present bicycle parking/garage.

Statues of various Willems - I and II

Binnenhof - The Houses of Parliament  (The oldest in the world still in use)

Mauritshuis at Binnenhof

The Knights' Hall  -  Ridderzaal at Binnenhof

Mauritshuis

Ferdinand Bol & Rembrandt - self portraits

  Jane Seymour by Hans Holbein            -          Old Woman and Child by Rubens

        Hunting for Lice by Borch                       -             Girl with a Pearl Earring by Vermeer 

The Gold Finch by Fabritius

and a finale with Rembrandt's Anatomy Lesson  -  aka Butchers at Work :-)

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