The spectacle of the Dutch seventeenth century: Rembrandt and other treasures of the tsars from Russia to Amsterdam

The most important Dutch treasures held at theHermitage in St. Petersburg are coming to the Netherlands for the first time: the public will be able to see them at the exhibition Dutch Masters from the Hermitage. Treasures of the Tzars, from October 7, 2017 to May 27, 2018, at the Hermitage in Amsterdam. Sixty-three masterpieces, by fifty different artists, are arriving from Russia (it is a selection from what, with 1,500 paintings, stands as the most important collection of Dutch art outside the Netherlands), and have found a home in the Keizersvleugel wing of the capital’s museum. Many of them are returning “home” for the first time in 350 years.

The tsars’ collection of Dutch art has historical roots: the first painting by Rembrandt van Rijn was purchased by Peter the Great when he was twenty-five years old (the famous tsar was among the first collectors of Dutch art). The collection later expanded with Catherine II of Russia and with the rulers of the 19th century, always with a focus on Rembrandt and the art of the 17th century, the Golden Age of Dutch art.

Among the works the public can admire, no less than six paintings by Rembrandt (including the 1634 Flora, one of the most iconic works in the Russian collection), and canvases by some of the great Dutch masters of the seventeenth century, such as Jan Steen, Gerrit Dou (three works), Frans Hals (the Young Woman with Earrings), Gabriel Metsu, Ferdinand Bol, Govert Flinck, Bartholomeus van der Helst(The Nieuwmarkt in Amsterdam), and also Willem Drost, Jacob Duck, Pieter Janssens Elinga, Arent de Gelder, and Emanuel de Witte.

The exhibition can be visited during Hermitage Amsterdam’s opening hours: daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (the ticket office closes half an hour earlier). Closed December 25 and April 27. On January 1, open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Ticket costs (exhibition only): €25 for visitors 12 and under, €21 for Voordeelagenda holders, €20 for Stadspas and CJP holders, €10 for Museum Card and I Amsterdam City Card holders, free for Friends of the Hermitage, children 11 and under, ICOM members, Year Card holders. The exhibition is organized with the support of KLM.

Pictured is the arrival of Rembrandt’s Flora at the Hermitage in Amsterdam.

The spectacle of the Dutch seventeenth century: Rembrandt and other treasures of the tsars from Russia to Amsterdam

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