Erik Beenker

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
The Collection

Design: Mevis & Van Deursen, Illustrated (colour and b/w), Paperback, sewn, 264 pages, size: 17x 24 cm
English edition, ISBN 90-5662-397-4 / 978-90-5662-397-5, € 21.50 € 4,50
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French edition, ISBN 90-5662-398-2 / 978-90-5662-398-2, € 21.50

In association with Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

A characteristic of Rotterdam's Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen is the enormous breadth and diversity of the collection, which not only includes Old Masters but also applied arts and design, one of the world's most important collections of prints and drawings, and a great deal of modern art, including work by Impressionists and Surrealists. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen is therefore the only museum in the Netherlands to offer an overview of the development of the visual arts from 1400 to the present.

This museum guide presents all the top pieces from this stunning collection. It presents more than 200 works, including Bruegel's Tower of Babel, the world famous The Prodigal Son (a.k.a. The Wayfarer) by Hieronymus Bosch, and Titus by Rembrandt, illustrated in colour. Many works are provided with a brief and accessible description covering its genesis or art-historical significance.

The unique history of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, now more than 150 years old, is the ongoing theme in this publication, since the museum is not merely a collection but is as much a story.

In his introduction, Erik Beenker provides an accessible history of the high and low points in the history of this municipal museum in Rotterdam, which has its inspired directors and generous citizens to thank for its wonderful collection.

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