The richness of old Holland!

 

Every country has its 'golden' age; for the Netherlands, this was the seventeenth century, the Golden Age. Still visible thanks to the construction of the canals in Amsterdam and the museums full of art from that period.

 

The Dutch dominated the oceans and the drive for expansion knew no bounds. The young Republic, which in the same period struggled with the violence of war in Spanish rule, grew into a special society where not a king but the city was in charge. Where a period in which the miraculous painter was born.

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Celebrate Rembrandt van Rijn's legacy and the Golden Age in 2019. Rembrandt van Rijn, one of the most famous Dutch masters, with beautiful paintings from the 17th century, an era known as the Dutch Golden Age. This is the year of 350 years after his death. The reason for a celebration of this mighty era in time and beautiful master.

 

The Rijksmuseum and the Rembrandhuis are the museums to take you back in time, to the time when Rembrandt was still working on his paintings and the final result. The Rijksmuseum and the Rembrandt House have the largest collections of Rembrandt in the world.

 

Discover all the influences of the Golden Age during a city walk in the authentic city of Hoorn. A maximum of 40 minutes by car from Amsterdam. Hoorn is one of the home ports of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). The WestFries museum is located in this beautiful city. A museum that welcomes you to the era of The Golden Age. Age with its 40 unique copies of Rembrandt and other wonderful unique stories about this period.