Established | 1842 |
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Location | Dordrecht, Netherlands |
Coordinates | 51°48′50″N4°40′19″E / 51.81388°N 4.67194°E |
Type | Art museum |
Visitors | c. 87.000 (2023) |
Director | Femke Hameetman |
Curator | Sander Paarlberg Wilma Sütö |
Website | www.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]
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]
In 2015, the museum restituted to the heirs of Jacques Hederman a painting by Jacob Cuyp (1594 – 1652) which had been looted by the Nazis. The museum then repurchased the painting. [5] [6]
Since 2022, the artistic director has been Femke Hameetman. [7] She replaced Peter Schoon, who had been artistic director since 2002. [8] There are around 120 staff, [9] and a yearly budget of around 16 million Euros. [10] In 2023, the museum received 87,067 visitors. [10]
The museum has works of the following artists:
Aelbert Jacobszoon Cuyp or Cuijp was one of the leading Dutch Golden Age painters, producing mainly landscapes. The most famous of a family of painters, the pupil of his father, Jacob Gerritszoon Cuyp (1594–1651/52), he is especially known for his large views of Dutch riverside scenes in a golden early morning or late afternoon light. He was born and died in Dordrecht.
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