Exhibition «Thyssen-Bornemisza & Mauritshuis: a love story between two museums»

The Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza will host 25 paintings from the Mauritshuis in The Hague, including «Vista de Delft» by Vermeer. From 9 October to 10 January, these can be seen in the exhibition «Thyssen-Bornemisza & Mauritshuis: a love story between two museums». Both museums will exchange works from their permanent collections, so part of the Madrid collection will travel to the Netherlands during this period.

In the new «classical rooms», visitors will be able to see still lifes, genre scenes, and landscapes from the 17th century, painted by Rembrandt, Frans Hals, Jan Steen, and other Dutch masters. The tour will conclude with «Vista de Delft», which has its own dedicated room. Here, visitors can pause before a single painting and observe how the light transforms the city’s façades beneath a cloudy sky.

Three works from the Mauritshuis will be displayed alongside three from the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection. Among these pairs are two depictions of paradise by Jan Brueghel the Elder, one of them created together with Rubens, and two views of the church of Santa María de Utrecht by Pieter Jansz. Saenredam. This arrangement will allow visitors to compare details that are easily overlooked when visiting the museums separately.

The exhibition will be located next to the permanent Dutch painting galleries. After viewing the paintings from The Hague, visitors can continue their tour among the works that have long been in Madrid.