The Museum Mayer van den Bergh owes its unique character to the fact that it was the very first museum in the world to take shape around the collection of one person: Fritz Mayer van den Bergh (1858-1901), a man who was way ahead of his time.
It was his profound passion for art that resulted in a collection that excels in both variety and quality. He was chiefly interested in Netherlandish art of the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance (the 14th to the 16th century), particularly in the work of Pieter Bruegel the Elder. After Fritz’s untimely death, his mother, Henriëtte Mayer van den Bergh (1838-1920), fulfilled her son’s ambition by founding the museum, which now proudly takes its place among other internationally renowned, collector’s museums, such as the Musée Jacquemart-André in Paris, the Wallace Collection in London and The Frick Collection in New York.
The Museum Mayer van den Bergh owes its unique character to the fact that it was the very first museum in the world to take shape around the collection of one person: Fritz Mayer van den Bergh (1858-1901), a man who was way ahead of his time. It was his profound passion for art that resulted in a collection that excels in both variety and quality. He was chiefly interested in Netherlandish art of the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance (the 14th to the 16th century), particularly in the work...
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