A bone and lock of hair apparently belonging to Piet Hein have been in storage at the Dutch museum for centuries—now there are calls to have them returned to his grave

Maria Sibylla Merian was accused of exploiting native knowledge of enslaved people without credit for her 1705 book Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium

They include an Amsterdam townscape painted an hour or so before the artist visited the newly opened museum in 1885

Shows at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh Museum were huge hits last year but managing visitors—and staff—proved challenging

Following the death of universally acclaimed Rembrandt scholar Ernst van de Wetering, attribution of the artist is in flux

As a major exhibition on the Dutch Old Master opens at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, a divide has emerged among specialists over the total number of autograph works

Directors of leading institutions in the country warn of the damage that budget cuts and a scaling back on international collaboration could do to the sector

Scientists discovered extra seam during Operation Night Watch conservation project at the Rijksmuseum

Pair of paintings of a husband and wife were recently formally attributed to the Old Master by the Dutch museum

Plus, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco gain a major collection of American art and the Rijksmuseum acquires recently restituted silver salt cellars

We spotlight eight paintings in the London show that Vincent singled out for special praise

First major survey of Dutch painter in three decades will include reunited panels and monumental paintings

The self-portrait is considered the final major work by the Dutch artist to enter a public museum from private owners—but sparked controversy after it was acquired with public funds during the pandemic

Missed the blockbuster show at the Rijksmuseum? Fear not, we present an insider’s guide to seeing all his 36 paintings across the globe, from London and New York, to Braunschweig and Tokyo

The company Exhibition on Screen is producing films about artists—and it may have just had a breakthrough with the Dutch artist

The recently-closed exhibition drew 650,000 visitors in its four month run

Masterpiece was returned to the Mauritshuis in March

Dutch museum has received €12.5m gift to help support free-of-charge, sculptural exhibitions in the gardens

The French head of state and First Lady pondered over masterpieces such as The Milkmaid and The Lacemaker

Heading to the Vermeer blockbuster at the Rijksmuseum? Here are some other unmissable masterpieces in the Dutch capital

As the Rijksmuseum's once-in-a-lifetime blockbuster brings together an unprecedented number of works by the Old Master, paintings including a self-portrait are still missing

A hit in The Netherlands, "The New Vermeer" challenges artists to recreate works from a wide variety of materials—including Lego

A less-is-more approach to the biggest ever exhibition of the Dutch Old Master’s paintings makes this blockbuster a triumph

As the "unmissable" show opens at the Rijksmuseum we talk to the curators, the museum's director and artist Alvaro Barrington

New research in the Rijksmuseum's catalogue for its Vermeer blockbuster suggests that Maria de Knuijt may have influenced his subject matter

Speakers from around the world have been invited to a two-day talks programme centred around the display

Gregor Weber's biography "Johannes Vermeer: Faith, Light and Reflection" also supports the controversial view that Vermeer used a camera obscura

Fans encouraged to send versions of the famous 17th-century painting for 'My Girl with a Pearl' initiative at The Mauritshuis