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The Mauritshuis Museum in The Hague is named after Count Johan Maurits of Nassau-Siegen, in whose residence the paintings are collected.
The palace is now owned by the Dutch state, and the museum was also state-run until 1995.
Subsequently, the collection was privatized and is currently managed by a foundation, which also rents the rooms set up as a museum within the palace.
In 2014, the Mauritshuis Museum building was completely restored, and the exhibition space was nearly doubled.
Today, the museum’s collection includes works by the most famous Dutch painters, including Rembrandt, Rubens, and Vermeer, as well as numerous works by the German artist Hans Holbein the Younger.
Among the most famous works visible at the Mauritshuis Museum in The Hague are masterpieces by Dutch and Flemish painters such as Vermeer, in particular his masterpiece, the Girl with a Pearl Earring.
The painting is actually titled Girl with a Turban, but is also known as the Dutch Mona Lisa.
The name popularized by the film and the book refers to the main feature of the painting: the earring worn by the girl. Although she appears to be of modest means, she wears a pearl earring that draws the eye and serves as the true focal point of the painting.
The collection of the Mauritshuis Museum in The Hague also includes other very famous paintings, such as The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp by Rembrandt (1632) and The Fall of Man by Rubens.
These are priceless works representing the most vital period of Dutch art.
Vermeer is also represented with other masterpieces, in addition to the Dutch Mona Lisa, such as View of Delft and Diana and the Nymphs.
