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The Mauritshuis still exists and can be visited (an entrance fee applies).
- 30 Jul. 1896 1869- 10 May 1873
- 27 Nov. 1881 1881- 11 Sep. 1883 1883
The Mauritshuis was built in the 17th century as a city palace for Count Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen (1604–1679) and purchased in 1820 by the Dutch state to house the Royal Cabinet of Paintings. Although Vincent never mentioned visiting the Mauritshuis in his letters, he did refer to specific works from its collection (for example, Jacob van Ruisdael’s View of Haarlem with Bleaching Field in the Foreground (1628–1682)), and “the Maurithuis here”. It is therefore likely that he did see the museum and its collection. Indeed, it is almost unthinkable that someone with such a deep interest in art would not have done so.
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Teun Berserik en Feico Hoekstra
Vincent van Gogh: de vroege jaren (stripboek)Amsterdam, 2012F. Leeman en J. Sillevis
De Haagse School en de jonge Van GoghZwolle, 2005In de voetsporen van Van Gogh
Wandeling bij De Haagse School en de jonge Van GoghGemeentemuseum Den Haag, 2005Michiel van der Mast en Charles Dumas
Van Gogh en Den HaagZwolle, 1990Jan Meyers
De jonge Vincent: jaren van vervoering en vernederingAmsterdam, 1989
