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Mauritshuis
The
Mauritshuis
(; ) is an
art museum
in
The Hague
in the
Netherlands
. The museum houses the Royal Cabinet of Paintings which consists of 841 objects, mostly
Dutch Golden Age paintings
. The collections contains works by
Johannes Vermeer
,
Rembrandt van Rijn
,
Jan Steen
,
Paulus Potter
,
Frans Hals
,
Hans Holbein the Younger
, and others. Originally, the 17th century building was the residence of count
John Maurice of Nassau
. It is now the property of the government of the Netherlands and is listed in the
top 100 Dutch heritage sites
.
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