Leiden Print Room celebrates 200th birthday

Leiden viert feest! Hoogtepunten uit een academische collectie
Leiden Celebrates! Highlights from a University Collection

18 October 2014 – 25 January 2015 | Leiden-Amsterdam

On the occasion of the bicentennial of the renowned Leiden University Print Room – formerly attached to the Institute of Art History but since 2002 incorporated in the University Libraries Special Collections – the Museum Het Rembrandthuis in Amsterdam will host an exhibition of 75 seventeenth-century Dutch drawings, including masterpieces by artists like Hendrick Goltzius, Rembrandt, Jan Lievens, Govert Flinck, Jan van Goyen, Cornelis Bega, Simon de Vlieger, Willem van de Velde de Oude, Adriaen van Ostade and Cornelis Dusart. Most of the drawings are presented to the public for the first time. The selection was made by university curator Jef Schaeps and Jaap van Veen who are also the authors of the exhibition catalogue.

For more information and a YouTube film featuring Jef Schaeps, see the Leiden University’s website and the museum’s website