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Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen shows old and modern art, artefacts and design.
The museum has one of world's most important collections of paintings and drawings.
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen shows old and modern art, artefacts and design.
The museum has one of world's most important collections of paintings and drawings.
The 17th century in the Netherlands is also sometimes called the Golden Age. The Netherlands was a world power. Trade flourished, the military fleet grew and the arts and sciences were examples to the world. This special, a picture will be sketched, of the remarkable artistic and historical developments of the Golden Age based on the museums collection of masterpieces from this period.
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen owns a unique series of old-master drawings by the Flemish landscape draughtsman and painter Hans Bol from 1580-1581. His drawings of the twelve months were used as the design for a series of prints engraved by Adriaen Collaert and published by Hans van Luyck.
The online collection features the 12 prints as well as the original drawings.
The drawings by Bol
The prints by Collaert