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Self Portrait with Shaded Eyes, by Rembrandt van Rijn. [Photo provided to China Daily]

 Dutch paintings

Works from the Leiden Collection have made their debut in China at the National Museum.

Exhibition Rembrandt and His Time features a total of 74 paintings celebrating the most acclaimed period of the Dutch Golden Age. It includes 11 works by Rembrandt and one by Johannes Vermeer.

Learn more here.

If you go:

9 am – 5 pm, June 17 - Sept 3 (closed on Mondays). National Museum of China, 1 Wusi Avenue, Dongcheng district. 010-6400-1476

Ticket: 50 yuan ($7)