Author: Mauritshuis Hague

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-09-28

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 9781333780593

Excerpt from Abridged Catalogue of Pictures and Sculpture in the Royal Picture Gallery (Mauritshuis) The Hague Between 1831 and 1874 the collection was not much increased hij purchases; since then it has been enriched with several pictures, some of them donations legacies or loans. Among the most important acquisitions must be mentioned three portraits by Frans Hats (purchased in 1881 and a study of a head by Rembrandt, dating from his best time, and which became the property of the state in 1891, and a view on the shore by Simon de Vlieger. In 1896 the beautifully painted, Linnet of Carel Fabritius returned to its native country; in 1897 a fine work of Adriaen Brouwer was purchased. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.