Mauritshuis ready to open after reconstruction Automatic translate

The complete restoration and repair of the famous Mauritshuis in The Hague was finally completed, and all the treasures of the museum took their places. The museum opens later this week after a 2-year renovation. The dramatic but tastefully made, renewed gallery interior emphasizes the incredible colors of the masterpieces of the Dutch masters that Mauritshuis is so famous for. The most famous and exciting of them is, of course, Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring”.

Critics say the young woman, written by Jan Vermeer around 1665, has never looked better. Her perfect skin and lively eyes, as bright as her famous earrings, are exquisitely lit, and her lips seem ready to tell us something. The only question is what?

The wordless message of a girl with a pearl earring, as if a subtle hint, a love invitation, which neither historians nor filmmakers can solve. Was she Vermeer’s lover? The object of his vague desire?

Now, this is a work in which Vermeer, usually such a restrained, cold and cautious artist, seems to have shown us his secret passion, as if exposed anew, at home. The masterpiece is better lit and has a more elegant ambience than ever before.

The museum was reconstructed very modern and tasteful. The building is again in excellent condition, old architectural forms are closely interwoven here and the newest materials. The renewed museum clearly wants to attract much more visitors to its walls. The modern approach to the treasury of Dutch golden age art has made Mauritshuis attractive not only to art lovers, but also to absolutely all the inhabitants of The Hague, as well as guests of the capital of South Holland. The new entrance through the spacious underground lobby leads to two paths: one to the museum, and the other to a very modern and stylish cafe, as well as souvenir shops and shops. This gives the old museum a certain modern charm and gives young people an extra reason to look here.

However, Mauritshuis is primarily a collection of such works of art, wandering among which you forget yourself. Here the famous “Goldfinch” by Karel Fabricius got his separate corner. The work is so masterful that it seems as if a small bird is now flapping its wing and hiding behind the window of the building. Here Rembrandt’s last self-portrait lives his life. A tired and frustrated elderly artist looks at us, but how much light is in his eyes and wisdom in every wrinkle of his face. Here, on the canvas of Jacob Reisdahl, women lay out huge strips of bleached linen in the sun, and we can only wonder how the artist managed to show the whole landscape around Haarlem with the accuracy of satellite photography.

In any case, no matter how updated Mauritshuis flirts with the audience with its modern amenities and entertainment, the only right reason to come here is to want to see some of the greatest works of art, the depth of which never changes.

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Anna Sidorova © Gallerix.ru