Mauritshuis

Mauritshuis
	Mauritshuis in 2005
	Location in South Holland in the Netherlands
Established	1822
Location	Plein 29; The Hague, Netherlands
Coordinates	52°04′49″N 4°18′51″E / 52.0804°N 4.3143°E
Type	Art museum
Collection size	854 objects
Visitors	416,334 (2018)
Director	Emilie E. S. Gordenker
President	Lokke Moerel
Curator	Quentin Buvelot
Owner	Dutch state
Website	www.mauritshuis.nl/en/

The Mauritshuis (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmʌurɪtsˌɦœys], The Hague dialect: [ˈmɑːʁɪtsˌɦœːs]; English: Maurice House) is an art museum in The Hague, Netherlands. The museum houses the Royal Cabinet of Paintings which consists of 854 objects, mostly Dutch Golden Age paintings. The collection contains works by Johannes Vermeer, Rembrandt van Rijn, Jan Steen, Paulus Potter, Frans Hals, Jacob van Ruisdael, Hans Holbein the Younger, and others. Originally, the 17th-century building was the residence of count John Maurice of Nassau. It is now the property of the government of the Netherlands and is listed in the top 100 Dutch heritage sites.

^ Address and directions Archived 2017-12-12 at the Wayback Machine, Mauritshuis. Retrieved on 16 June 2014.
^ "The Mauritshuis is turned into a museum". Mauritshuis. Archived from the original on August 23, 2006. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
^ Search the collection Archived 2017-09-05 at the Wayback Machine, Mauritshuis. Retrieved on 2 August 2019.
^ ^a ^b Mauritshuis Museum: Annual Report 2018 Archived 2019-07-11 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2 August 2019.
^ ^a ^b Who we are Archived 2017-12-12 at the Wayback Machine, Mauritshuis. Retrieved on 2 August 2019.