Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent

Notifications can be managed in browser preferences.

Masters Of The Everyday: Dutch Artists In The Age Of Vermeer: Masterpieces from the Queen’s art collection go on display at Buckingham Palace

One of only 34 known Vermeer paintings is among the exhibition

Matilda Battersby
Thursday 12 November 2015 12:28 GMT
Comments
Rembrandt’s An Old Woman called ‘The Artist's Mother’ from the Royal Collection
Rembrandt’s An Old Woman called ‘The Artist's Mother’ from the Royal Collection (Royal Collection/ Queen Elizabeth II)

Your support helps us to tell the story

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.

Your support makes all the difference.

Masterpieces by Rembrandt and Vermeer are among works set to go on display at Buckingham Palace when the royal residence allows public access to its Dutch Masters collection.

Collected by kings and queens since Charles I, Masters Of The Everyday: Dutch Artists In The Age Of Vermeer includes several rare examples from the Dutch school.

Rembrandt’s An Old Woman called ‘The Artist's Mother’ is among them, an extraordinary portrait and the first by him to reach England, revealing his fascination with old age and superb facial detail.

One of only 34 known paintings by Johannes Vermeer are among the notable works being unveiled at The Queen's Gallery on Friday. Other pieces include work by Jan Steen owned by King George IV, who was the most enthusiastic royal collector of art from the Netherlands.

Steen's picture Interior Of A Tavern With Card Players And A Violin Player (1665) - which depicts drinkers playing cards - and his piece Merrymaking In A Tavern With A Couple Dancing (c1670) explore “the themes of drinking, music and love that are typical of genre painting of the Dutch Golden Age”, according to the Royal Collection.

A Woman At Her Toilet by Steen is of a young woman getting ready for bed as she puts on a stocking while sitting on her unmade bed, next to which is a chamber pot.

Vermeer's Lady At The Virginals With A Gentleman, or The Music Lesson, painted in the early 1660s, entered the Royal Collection in 1762 when it was bought by George III.

The exhibition, which is a partnership with the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis in The Hague, runs from 13 November 2015 to 14 February 2016.

Join our commenting forum

Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies

Comments

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in