New-York Historical Society Marks 400 Years of New Amsterdam with Dutch Masters Exhibition

The New-York Historical Society presents a landmark exhibition celebrating the 400th anniversary of New Amsterdam's founding, featuring over 60 Dutch 17th-century paintings by Rembrandt van Rijn, Frans Hals, and their contemporaries. The show draws from the museum's own collection, the Leiden Collection—one of the largest private holdings of Dutch Golden Age art—and loans from other institutions. Portraits, genre scenes, and still lifes evoke life in the Dutch settlement that became New York, depicting domestic interiors, marketplaces, taverns, and religious scenes. The exhibition is the first of its kind to focus on New Amsterdam through Dutch masterworks.