The Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach is now home to a major exhibition titled Art and Life in Rembrandt’s Time: Masterpieces from The Leiden Collection, marking the most extensive presentation of The Leiden Collection ever shown in the United States. The Leiden Collection is among the largest and most important collections of seventeenth-century Dutch art in private hands, and many of its paintings are rarely seen. This new exhibition gives art lovers a chance to see many of the Leiden Collection works up close and in person. For many, this is a chance not to be missed.
Located at 1450 S. Dixie Highway, the exhibition runs during regular museum hours: Thursdays through Sundays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $18 for adults, with discounts available for students, seniors, and children.
Featuring 76 paintings by 27 artists, this sweeping showcase arrives in Florida after its recent installation at the H’ART Museum in Amsterdam. It commemorates the 400th anniversary of the Dutch founding of New Amsterdam (now New York City) and continues the mission of bringing rarely seen masterpieces from The Leiden Collection to the public.
The exhibition offers a vivid look into 17th-century Dutch life, organizing the works into themes that span market scenes, music-making, card games, private study, and ambitious portraiture. At the heart of the show is Rembrandt van Rijn, represented by key works from across his career, alongside paintings by his teacher Pieter Lastman and students Ferdinand Bol and Arent de Gelder…