Dordrechts Museum

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Dordrechts Museum
The building of the Dordrechts Museum
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Established1842
LocationDordrecht, Netherlands
Coordinates51°48′50″N 4°40′19″E / 51.81388°N 4.67194°E / 51.81388; 4.67194
TypeArt museum
Visitorsc. 50.000 (2005)
DirectorPeter Schoon
CuratorSander Paarlberg
Moniek Peters
Websitewww.dordrechtsmuseum.nl

Dordrechts Museum is an art museum in Dordrecht, Netherlands.[1][2][3] The museum was founded in 1842 and has a collection of artists of painting and other artistic objects from the last six centuries.[2] The permanent collection includes numerous paintings from the Dutch Golden Age and the baroque period, as well as a sizeable collection of landscape art and 19th century paintings.[2] The museum has been described as having one of the most important collections of Dutch Masters in the Netherlands with art on display from Aelbert Cuyp, Rembrandt, Jacob van Strij and others.[3]

History[edit]

The museum was established in 1842 by a group of five art collectors from the Dordrecht area.[4] It moved to its current location in 1904 taking over the converted building of a former asylum for the mentally ill.[3] However the building was expanded with a new wing to allow for temporary exhibitions, as well as better visitor facilities, including toilets, a shop and restaurant (the Grand Cafe).[3]

Paintings[edit]

The museum has works of the following artists:

Gallery[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Noortwijk, Liesbeth van; Paarlberg, Sander (2010). The Dordrecht Museum. ISBN 978-90-6868-564-0.
  2. ^ a b c Noortwijk, Liesbeth van (2020). The Dordrecht Museum. Looking at Six Centuries of Painting. Dordrecht: Dordrechts Museum. ISBN 978-90-6868-822-1.
  3. ^ a b c d Postel, Dirk Jan (2008). Dirk Jan Postel. Mulgrave, Vic: Images Publishing. p. 197. ISBN 978-1-86470-210-1.
  4. ^ "Dordrechts Museum". Sotherbys. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Philip Kouwen" (in Dutch). Dordrechts Museum. Retrieved 19 June 2016.

External links[edit]

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