Exhibitions from the past

Overview of the exhibitions from the past of the Mauritshuis
Exhibitions The Standard Bearer at the Mauritshuis Exhibitions from the past Vermeer at the Rijksmuseum Presentation Who's that Girl? Fabrique des Lumières X Mauritshuis Frans Hals and genre painting

Now on view

Pentimenti - Stephan Vanfleteren

Stephan Vanfleteren, one of the world's leading photographers, created new work for the Mauritshuis. In each of the Mauritshuis's 16 rooms, he drew inspiration from a specific painting or a particular theme in that room.

12 February – 7 June 2026

BIRDS – Curated by The Goldfinch & Simon Schama

Birds – we can’t imagine life without them. To us, birds symbolise freedom, beauty and love. But birds are also pets, a source of food or hunting trophies. BIRDS delves into our enduring relationship with these creatures that we love, yet keep in cages. What does our relationship with birds tell us about how we treat the natural world?
Restaurateurs Abbie en Jolijn restaureren de Stier in het Mauritshuis.

2024 - 2026

A Peek at Potter - Investigating the Bull

We're going to restore Potter's legendairy (get it?) painting The Bull. The preliminary investigation kicked off at the beginning of 2023. At A Peek at Potter, you dive into the details of a two-year restoration journey and catch the juiciest tidbits about one of the most popular Dutch paintings. You can witness the entire process live and stay in the loop online as we unfold the magic.
Affiche van tentoonstelling The Grand Tour. Uitsnede van een schilderij van Canaletto met de iconische stadsgezichten van Venetië.

Until 4 January 2026

The Grand Tour - Destination Italy

In the autumn of 2025, we will organize an exhibition with paintings and other works of art from three of these Treasure Houses of England: Holkham Hall, Burghley House and Woburn Abbey.
Rembrandt?, Tronie van een oude man, c. 1630-31

17 April - 3 August 2025

Rembrandt?

Three paintings, many questions. Are these works by the master?
Tentoonstellingsposter van Huis in de Storm: jongen met een konijn op zijn schouder kijkt hoe schilderijen uit het Mauritshuis verplaatst worden.

13 February - 29 June 2025

Facing the Storm - A Museum in Wartime

Travel back to the Mauritshuis in the period 1940-45 by means of paintings, objects, photographs, film and sound fragments.
Allerlei bijzondere voorwerpen op een rij, met een lichtroze achtergrond.

12 September 2024 - 5 January 2025

The lost museum

Did you know that until 1875, there weren't just one, but two museums to visit in the Mauritshuis? On the upper floor, you could admire the Royal Cabinet of Paintings. Those artworks are still there. But can you imagine that the ground floor was completely filled with thousands of objects? They have all disappeared by now. This part of the museum was called the Royal Cabinet of Rarities.
Een detail van een kaketoe, uit het schilderij Twee paarden en twee stalknechten van Roelant Savery.

8 february - 20 may 2024

Roelant Savery's Wondrous World

Roelant Savery's Wondrous World, featuring over 40 paintings and drawings, including works on loan from museums in the Netherlands and abroad, will introduce visitors to this highly versatile artist.
Keyvisual van Roofkunst, een uitsnede van de Brandenburger Tor in het paars met in het oranje daarachter Roofkunst.

14 September 2023 - 7 January 2024

Loot - 10 stories

Suppose you are the director of a museum that houses art that was once stolen. How do you deal with it? Should you return it? Do you leave it there? And if you leave it there, are you as a museum complicit in looting?
Abbie Vandivere, Dionne Stax en Pieter Roelofs poseren op een promofoto voor 'De Nieuwe Vermeer'

20 March - 4 June 2023

The New Vermeer

Calling all art fanatics and Vermeer fans: in the TV show ‘The New Vermeer’ professional artists in the free category breathe new life into ‘lost’ Vermeer paintings, which have disappeared without a trace over the course of the centuries. And of course, when it comes to Vermeer, thoughts automatically turn to the Mauritshuis. The six winning artworks by the master painters will be shown in the foyer of the Mauritshuis – which is accessible free of charge – from 20 March to 4 June.
Jacobus Vrel, A Seated Woman Looking at a Child through a Window, after 1656.

16 February – 29 May 2023

Vrel, Forerunner of Vermeer

The rediscovery of a mysterious artist.
Een affiche met de namen van de deelnemende fotografen aan de tentoonstelling Flash Back.

1 June - 16 October 2022

FLASH | BACK

What happens when new masters pick up where old masters left off? Find out in our photography exhibition FLASH | BACK. Sixteen leading photographers - including Erwin Olaf, Rineke Dijkstra and Anton Corbijn – have created new work inspired by the 17th-century paintings in our collection.
Een meisje verkleed als Het meisje met de parel kijkt lachend in de camera. Een geïllustreerde mini-Vermeer schildert haar parel erop.

9 July through 28 August 2022

Hello Vermeer!

The best interactive exhibition this summer, specially for families, takes visitors to the world of seventeenth-century Delft, with a collection of replica houses where kids can play fun educational games and learn more about Vermeer. Dressing up, puzzles, films – there’s a whole host of things to do. And then you can get down to work yourself at our Art Workshop.
Een feestelijk beeld met bloemen en confetti.

10 February 2022 through 6 June 2022

In Full Bloom

This year we’re celebrating our 200th birthday in grand style and treating you to the most beautiful flower still lifes of the seventeenth century. The flower still life flourished during this period: from ‘impossible’ imagined bouquets to richly decorated spectacle pieces. All equally breathtaking, a feast of colour, with lots of tiny creepy crawlies and largely painted by women artists.

7 October 2021 - 9 January 2022

Facelifts & Make-overs

Welcome to the hidden world of conservation! The exhibition Facelift & Make-overs shines a light on what usually remains out of sight, namely the conservation of paintings. What is conservation? Why is it necessary? And what secrets do conservators uncover above and below the layers of paint?

11 February 2021 - 29 August 2021

Fleeting - Scents in colour

11 February 2021 - 29 August 2021 Fragrant flowers, perfumes and smelly canals. Discover the scents of the 17th century!

26 September 2020 - 3 January 2021

Alone with Vermeer - 'The most beautiful painting in the world'

September 26, 2020 - January 3, 2021 - The exhibition Only with Vermeer consisted only of Vermeer's View of Delft.

20 February 2020 - 30 August 2020

George Stubbs - The Man, The Horse, The Obsession

20 February 2020 - 30 August 2020 - The Mauritshuis organized an exhibition on England's most renowned portraitist of horses.

October 17, 2019 - January 19, 2020

Nicolaes Maes - Rembrandt's versatile pupil

October 17, 2019 - January 19, 2020 - Rembrandt pupil Nicolaes Maes is one of the most beloved masters of Dutch 17th-century painting.

20 July - 15 September 2019

Hello Rembrandt

20 July - 15 September 2019 - This summer the Mauritshuis has created the hands-on exhibition of the Rembrandt Year for families with children aged 3 to 11: Hello Rembrandt!
Een overzichtsfoto van de tentoonstelling Bewogen Beeld. Vooraan zitten twee vrouwen, ze kijken naar een schilderij.

4 April - 7 July 2019

Shifting Image - In search of Johan Maurits

In the exhibition Shifting Image - In search of Johan Maurits we examine how the complex history of Johan Maurits and Dutch Brazil can be seen from different perspectives.

31 januari t/m 15 september 2019

Rembrandt and the Mauritshuis

In 2019 Rembrandt and the Golden Age will take over the Netherlands. The reason is the 350th anniversary of the death of the most famous Dutch Master on October 4, 2019. There are numerous exhibitions and activities throughout the country throughout the year.

11 oktober 2018 - 6 januari 2019

National Trust

We proudly present a unique exhibition this fall: twenty-two paintings from twelve National Trust houses. Never before has such a large group of Dutch paintings owned by the National Trust travelled outside of the United Kingdom.

14 jun. 2018 – 9 sep. 2018

Rogier van der Weyden Unveiled

In the summer of 2018, The Lamentation of Christ (c.1460-1464) by Rogier van der Weyden was restored in a specially built studio in the exhibition space of the Mauritshuis.
Restaurator Abbie Vandivere houdt een zaklamp bij Meisje met de Parel van Vermeer.

26 February to 11 March 2018

The Girl in the Spotlight

earl Earring (c. 1665) by Johannes Vermeer will take place: ‘The Girl in the Spotlight’. The museum’s most famous painting was last examined in 1994, during a conservation treatment.

15 February - 13 May 2018

Jan Steen’s Histories

In the exhibition Jan Steen’s Histories, the Mauritshuis will exhibit a selection of Jan Steen’s finest history paintings. This seventeenth-century Dutch artist is best known as a painter of chaotic and disorderly scenes of everyday life, which gave rise to the popular Dutch proverb ‘a Jan Steen household’.

11 July 2017 - 14 January 2018

Steen & Jordaens: As the Old Sing…

Two portrayals of the proverb As the old sing, so pipe the young will grace the walls of the Mauritshuis starting in July. Our large painting by Jan Steen will be complemented by a painting by Jacob Jordaens, on loan from the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp - a wonderful opportunity to compare these two cheerful paintings and to discover how two different artists approached the same topic.

7 September 2017 - 14 January 2018

Neighbours: Portraits from Flanders 1400-1700

Better a good neighbour than a distant friend, so the saying goes. During the autumn of 2017, the Mauritshuis tells the story of Flemish portraiture using a selection of the best Flemish portraits from the Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Antwerp (KMSKA).

8 November - 7 January 2018

Antonello in the Gallery

This autumn we present the fifth in our series of international masterpieces in the Prince William V Gallery. Previously on display were paintings by Caravaggio, Titian, Velázquez and Mantegna. Now we’re showing The Crucifixion of Christ, an exceptional work by the Sicilian Renaissance master Antonello da Messina. Like the Flemish portraits in the Neighbours exhibition (now showing at the Mauritshuis), it is on loan from the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp.

4 - 27 November 2018

Top Ten on Tour

From 4 October 2017 through 25 March 2018 the Kröller-Müller Museum, the Van Gogh Museum, the Rijksmuseum and the Mauritshuis will send ten masterpieces on tour to various museums in the Netherlands.

9 March - 25 June 2017

Slow Food: Still Lifes of the Golden Age

The Mauritshuis treats you to richly set tables piled high with tempting morsels and precious objects this spring. Slow Food: Still Lifes of the Golden Age is the first exhibition to be devoted to the development of meal still lifes.

29 September 2016 – 5 February 2017

At Home in Holland: Vermeer and his Contemporaries from the British Royal Collection

The British royal family owns one of the finest collections of Old Master paintings in the world. The collection was brought together over many centuries by successive monarchs. The paintings normally hang behind closed doors in Buckingham Palace and other royal residences. The Mauritshuis has the great privilege of showing twenty-two of them for the duration of this exhibition
Op 'Ecce Homo' van Mantegna staat de lijdende Christus met doornenkroon, touw om zijn nek en schaafwonden over zijn hele lichaam.

13 October - 18 December 2016.

Mantegna in the Gallery

The Prince William V Gallery will be exhibiting the masterpiece Ecce Homo by Andrea Mantegna (circa 1431-1506), one of the most important painters of the Italian Renaissance, from 13 October through 18 December 2016.
Poster van de De Wereld Draait Door pop-up 2, met daarop de namen van de conservatoren en de locatie en tijd

29 January - 22 May 2016

DWDD PopUp Museum 2

Building on the great success of last year's event, Dutch television programme De Wereld Draait Door will organise a DWDD Pop-Up Museum at the Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam for the second time. The Mauritshuis will participate in this edition, with Sander van de Pavert as guest curator. Van de Pavert is known for his satirical video column Lucky TV, which concludes the daily De Wereld Draait Door show.
o is in de tentoonstelling een reeks van 25 officiersportretten te zien van de Haagse schilder Ravesteyn uit het begin van de zeventiende eeuw (het zogenaamde leger van Prins Maurits)

From 4 February until 8 May 2016

Exhibition: In and Out of Storage

The exhibition In and Out of Storage, presenting twenty-five paintings from our storage, intends to answer frequently asked questions including: what kinds of paintings are kept in storage, how did they end up there and why aren’t they hanging in the galleries? Highlights, as well as some low points, will be on show.
Vik Muniz, Verso (Starry Night), 2008

9 June - 4 September 2016

Vik Muniz: Verso

This summer the Mauritshuis will reveal another side to its character. From 9 June to 4 September we will host the first exhibition of contemporary art in the history of the Mauritshuis: Vik Muniz: Verso

From 1 September until 31 October 2016

A Generous Gesture

From 1 September until 31 October room 13 of the Mauritshuis is devoted to five seventeenth century masterpieces, donated by Willem Baron van Dedem (1929-2015). The paintings form one of the most significant bequests in the museum’s history.
Een zelfportret van Huygh Pietersz Voskuyl. Opvallend zijn de grote snor en de prachtig gele achtergrond.

8 October 2015 - 3 January 2016

Dutch Self-Portraits - Selfies of the Golden Age

From 8 October 2015 through 3 January 2016, the Mauritshuis exhibits twenty-seven outstanding examples of self-portraits from the peak of Dutch painting, in the exhibition Dutch Self-Portraits - Selfies of the Golden Age.
Het Portret van Don Diego de Acedo van Velázquez uit het Prado te Madrid. Een kleine man, gekleed in zwarte kleding wordt omringd door boeken en documenten.

1 October - 29 November 2015

Velázquez at the Gallery

Een foto van een onderzoeker die een foto maakt van het doek Saul en David van Rembrandt.

11 June - 13 September 2015

Rembrandt? The Case of Saul and David

The Mauritshuis has one of its most famous Rembrandts back. The full attribution of the painting Saul and David to Rembrandt is the exciting conclusion of eight years of research by a large team of international experts under the leadership of the Mauritshuis.
Een beroemd portret van de Comtesse d'Haussonville, door Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres.

5 februari - 10 mei 2015

The Frick Collection - Art Treasures from New York

The Frick Collection is beautifully situated in the heart of New York, with a view on Central Park. It is a cherished museum, famous for the high quality of its collection. For the first time The Frick Collection lent a large part of its world-class collection: no fewer than 36 masterpieces were on display at the Mauritshuis.
Museum het Mauritshuis weerspiegelt in de Hofvijver in Den Haag. De foto is in de avond genomen.

27 juni 2014 - 4 januari 2015

Mauritshuis - The Building

The opening exhibition Mauritshuis - the building was the moment to share the background of our building with our visitors. The exhibition looked back at the rich history of the Mauritshuis and the illustrious residents and people who used the premises.
'Venus verrijst uit zee' van Titiaan. Een naakte godin wringt het water uit haar haar. Een venusschelp dobbert op het water.

10 oktober - 7 december 2014

Titian in the Gallery

This autumn a Titian will be on display in the Prince William V Gallery: Venus Rising from the Sea from around 1520/25, a generous loan from the National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh.

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