Antoon François Heijligers

Interior of the Rembrandt Room in the Mauritshuis in 1884

Antoon François Heijligers  Interieur van de Rembrandtzaal in het Mauritshuis in 1884
Antoon François Heijligers  Interieur van de Rembrandtzaal in het Mauritshuis in 1884
Antoon François Heijligers  Interieur van de Rembrandtzaal in het Mauritshuis in 1884
Antoon François Heijligers  Interieur van de Rembrandtzaal in het Mauritshuis in 1884
Antoon François Heijligers  Interieur van de Rembrandtzaal in het Mauritshuis in 1884
Antoon François Heijligers  Interieur van de Rembrandtzaal in het Mauritshuis in 1884

Antoon François Heijligers
Interior of the Rembrandt Room in the Mauritshuis in 1884

1884 Not on view

After Johan Maurits’s death in 1679, the Mauritshuis had several functions before it became a museum in 1822. The collection itself came from King Willem I (1772-1843), hence the museum’s official name: the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis.

The king had a significant influence on the museum’s acquisition policy. He decreed, for example, that Rembrandt’s Anatomy Lesson should hang here. He also purchased Jan de Baen’s portrait of Johan Maurits, thereby bringing the master of the house back home.<-p>

Technical details
Antoon François Heijligers  Interieur van de Rembrandtzaal in het Mauritshuis in 1884

Antoon François Heijligers
Interior of the Rembrandt Room in the Mauritshuis in 1884

1884 Not on view

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Details

General information
Antoon François Heijligers (Batavia 1828 - 1897 The Hague)
Interior of the Rembrandt Room in the Mauritshuis in 1884
1884
painting
1055
Material and technical details
oil
panel
47 x 59 cm
Inscriptions
lower right: A.F. Heijligers. 1884

Provenance

Captain William E. Gray; his gift to the Gray Art Gallery and Museum (founded by him), Hartlepool, 24 August 1920; sale London, Christie’s, 14 April 1967, lot unknown (as Gustaaf Heyligers); purchased, 1976