Mauritshuis

The Mauritshuis is an art museum located in The Hague, Netherlands, renowned for its collection of Dutch Golden Age paintings. It is currently newsworthy due to two separate events. Firstly, the museum is hosting an exhibition curated by Simon Schama exploring the relationship between humans and birds in art. This exhibition features diverse artistic interpretations of avian subjects. Secondly, conservators at the Mauritshuis, while restoring Paulus Potter's famous painting "The Bull," have discovered that the bull's testicles were originally painted much larger. This finding suggests that Potter may have later toned down the depiction to align with 17th-century sensibilities. These discoveries highlight the Mauritshuis's ongoing commitment to art historical research and its role in presenting both classic masterpieces and new perspectives on art to the public.