20
January 2025

A Virtual Tour of the Mauritshuis in The Hague

Welcome to The Arts Society Nidd Valley (Harrogate Evening Group)
Monday, January 20, 2025 - 19:30
Christ Church
On the Stray Harrogate HG1 4SW
Online Event

The 17th century Mauritshuis has been the home of the Royal Cabinet of Paintings for over 200 years. 

The Mauritshuis is one of the most beautiful 17th century monuments in Holland and has been the home of the Royal Cabinet of Paintings for over 200 years. The collection of 17th century Dutch paintings is considered one of the top four in the world. The fact that this top collection is found in the intimate atmosphere of a residence from the same era known as the Dutch Golden Age makes it special and explains why it is often called the smallest of the great museums and the greatest of the small museums. This lecture will be delivered by zoom and Jane will give us a live online virtual tour guiding us room by room talking about the paintings as she goes. You can watch the lecture in the hall or from home. 

THE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER

Mrs Jane Choy-Thurlow

Jane E. Choy-Thurlow is a docent and enjoys giving lectures and tours at the Mauritshuis, Prince William V gallery and Huygens Museum Hofwijck in The Hague, The Netherlands. A few of the many exhibits in the Mauritshuis she has been part of are: the legendary Johannes Vermeer exhibit, Rembrandt by Himself and Holbein, Portraitist of the Renaissance.

An active member of The Arts Society, she is a founding member of DFAS of The Hague and has fulfilled committee positions including chairman and Mainland Europe Area Chairman and presently is Area Trainer and a New Societies committee member. She received her BSc from Salem State University, USA, her MEd from Trinity College Dublin and continued art history studies at Leiden University.

In 2018 she was given the honour of Knight in the Order of Oranje Nassau by the Dutch King Willem Alexander of Orange for her knowledge and work in the field of the Arts especially 15th to 17th century Dutch and Flemish art.