Gerrit Dou. The Leiden Collection from New York' in Museum De Lakenhal (Leiden, NL)

The Leiden Collection in New York is a private collection of mainly 17th-century paintings. And an important group in this collection is the group of paintings by Gerrit Douw. It is very special that there is one collection with so many works together. There have been a number of other collections in the past. In Leiden, we know that. In 1665 there was an exhibition. The first exhibition by Douw in his own time. Of which there were 27 works. Since then, this has never happened again. This is the birthplace of Douw. They were once made here. A few streets further up. And that is of course very exciting. And nice for us that they are now back where they belong. Gerrit Douw is of course one of the most important Leiden painters. The quality is always high. Everything you see, every piece, is a jewel.