Centraal Museum

Centraal Museum
The main building at centre; the Dick Bruna huis is on the left, with the yellow banner
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LocationUtrecht, Netherlands
Coordinates52°4′59.99″N 5°7′32.99″E / 52.0833306°N 5.1258306°E / 52.0833306; 5.1258306
The good Samaritan, 1537

The Centraal Museum is the main museum in Utrecht, Netherlands, founded in 1838.[1] The museum has a wide-ranging collection, mainly of works produced locally. The collection of the paintings by the Northern Mannerist Joachim Wtewael is by a long way the largest anywhere in the world. Other highlights are many significant paintings by the Utrecht Caravaggisti, such as Gerard van Honthorst and Hendrick ter Brugghen.[2] Both of them travelled to Rome in the early 17th century to study the works of the Italian master Caravaggio. In the previous generation, as well as Wtewael, Abraham Bloemaert and the portraitist Paulus Moreelse were the most significant Utrecht painters, with Jan van Scorel still earlier.

  1. ^ "History of the Centraal Museum". www.centraalmuseum.nl. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
  2. ^ "Utrechtse caravaggisten in de 17de Eeuw". www.centraalmuseum.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-10-09.