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Selected key events from the museum’s past are supplemented with archival images
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Selected key events from the museum’s past are supplemented with archival images
Manet came from a well–to–do family, and this painting provides a glimpse of the sophisticated Parisian world he loved. He was uncomfortable in the countryside, preferring instead the finery of the city.
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The origins of the Revolutionary War can be found in the details of Charles Willson Peale’s early American portrait.
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Did you know that we have comics in our collection? Discover artists who have both been inspired by, and created, these graphic stories. Â
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Jan Steen was born in Leiden, where his father was a brewer and grain merchant. The date of his birth is not known, but the artist was twenty years old when he enrolled at the University of Leiden in 1646.
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An inventory of 1632 confirms the presence of this rare set of pendant paintings by the still-life master Balthasar van der Ast in the collection of Princess Amalia van Solms, wife of Frederik Hendrik, Prince of Orange. The two works complement each other and reinforce the message that one should be grateful for the abundance and beauty of God’s creation.
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