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Presskit View the Mauritshuis with Your Ears

Presskit

What does a painting sound like? In our music project View the Mauritshuis with Your Ears, musicians write pop songs inspired by paintings in our collection.

On this page you will find press releases and imagery.
Please note that images of the Mauritshuis may not be used for commercial purposes, but only for the promotion (of the collection) of the Mauritshuis and/or its collection, and on the condition that the appropriate credit lines are used.

Imagery

All selected artworks

Spinvis

MEROL

Harrie Jekkers

Willie Wartaal

The Kik

Jett Rebel

Eefje de Visser

The tour

The tour - Dio

The tour - Eefje de Visser

The tour - Jett Rebel

The tour - The Kik

The tour - Willie Wartaal

The tour - Harrie Jekkers

The tour - MEROL

The tour - Spinvis

View the Mauritshuis with Your Ears

View the Mauritshuis with Your Ears

Spinvis

Spinvis kicked off our music project View the Mauritshuis with your ears with an ode to our most famous work of all: Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring.
View the Mauritshuis with Your Ears

MEROL

Singer-songwriter MEROL took over the baton from Spinvis with a unique mini-concert in the Mauritshuis.
View the Mauritshuis with Your Ears

Harrie Jekkers

In his track 'View of Delft', Harrie Jekkers sings about his memories of the city. From his first love to his first kiss near the Nieuwe Kerk.
View the Mauritshuis with Your Ears

Willie Wartaal

‘I really like it here, man. It’s like a really crazy treasure chest.’ Willy Wartaal's final choice was Jan Steen's Moses and Pharaoh’s Crown by Jan Steen from 1670.
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The Kik

Dave von Raven of The Kik felt inspired by a romantic diptych: he chose the portraits of Jakob Ompalius and Elisabeth Bellinghausen!
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Jett Rebel

To his own surprise, Jett Rebel's choice is the ‘modello’, or preparatory sketch, for the Virgin Mary’s ascent into heaven by Peter Paul Rubens
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Eefje de Visser

To Eefje de Visser her painting reminds her a bit of Liberace: over-the-top and shameless.
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Dio

For the eighth edition of View the Mauritshuis with Your Ears, we got together with none other than Dio. The rapper - known for hits like 'Dom, Lomp & Famous' - has set the dial of his Time Machine to...