Mauritshuis museum rediscovers Jan Steen paintingTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – A Dutch museum says a painting previously thought to be an 18th-century copy of a work by artist Jan Steen is actually an original by the Dutch master. The discovery was announced Friday by the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague.
Dutch city settles on looted Jan Steen paintingAMSTERDAM (AP) – Lawyers for the U.S. heir of a Jewish art dealer who lost many paintings while fleeing the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands say she has settled with The Hague municipality on a valuable work by Jan Steen. The lawyers say Marei von Saher will receive (euro) 1 million ($1.4 million) and donate […]
Food in art is on the menu at Norton Simon Museum starting in AprilPASADENA, Calif.— The Norton Simon Museum presents All Consuming: Art and the Essence of Food, an exhibition that explores how artists responded to and shaped food cultures in Europe from 1500 to 1900. It will open on April 14 and continue through August 14.
National Gallery of Art to host Vermeer exhibition later this year WASHINGTON – More than 20 years after the legendary exhibition “Johannes Vermeer,” the National Gallery of Art, Washington, will present “Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry.” On view in the West Building from October 22, 2017, through January 21, 2018, the exhibition will examine the artistic exchanges among Dutch Golden […]