Mauritshuis Collection

Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands
Vemeer, Johannes. Girl with pearl earring, c.1665. Oil on canvas, 44.5 cm x 39 cm. The Hague, Mauritshuis.

Description icon-questionA descriptive note detailing the content and context of the digital collection.

The Mauritshuis is home to the Royal Cabinet of Paintings, which consists some of the world’s famous paintings by the Dutch and Flemish masters from the Golden Age. Popular examples include Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring and The Goldfinch by Fabritius. Most of their works of art can be discovered online with close to 900 images in their online collection. Users can search or filter by artist, date, object type, material and inventory number.

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Subject icon-question Broad terms or phrases that describe, identify, or interpret the digital image collection and what it depicts or expresses. Values were obtained using the Art and Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) by the Getty Research Institute.

Style Period icon-questionTerms that define the styles, art periods, movements, etc. whose characteristics are represented in digital image collection. Values were obtained using the Art and Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) by the Getty Research Institute

Work Types icon-questionTerms that identify the kinds of works in the digital collection being described. It typically refers to a work’s physical form, function, or medium in digital image collection. Values were obtained using the Thesaurus For Graphic Materials (TGM) by Library of Congress.

Openness icon-questionOpenness of the digital collection determined using the 4R activities by Wiley (2010).

Allow Reuse for educational and non-commercial purposes

Allow Reuse for educational and non-commercial purposes

Notes on Usage icon-questionAdditional notes on the terms of use on the digital images in the collection.

There are little information on the terms of use on their site. However, users can download high-resolution images for “private use” or request for commercial use. No citation requirement mentioned on their site. Image can be cited using by including the artist, title of image, year of creation (if unknown, indicate n.d.), medium, physical dimensions, accessed date, location and url of digital image:

e.g. Vemeer, Johannes. Girl with pearl earring, c.1665. Oil on canvas, 44.5 cm x 39 cm. The Hague, Mauritshuis. https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/discover/mauritshuis/masterpieces-from-the-mauritshuis/girl-with-a-pearl-earring-670 

For more information on acknowledging images with other citation styles, refer here.