Museum+Bredius

=Bredius Museum= The Bredius Museum, named after the donor of it's painting collection, Abraham Bredius, was built in 1775. The home never actually belonged to Abraham. It was originally home home to a long series of important Heren (Dutch for gentleman) in the Hague. The house was bought off by a man named Frits Lugt to house the huge collection of paintings by Bredius and various etchings he had in the 1930s. In 1955, the city of the Hague bought it out from Frits. They used this new space to house the many paintings that belonged to Bredius (though some of them are in the Mauritshuis). The house museum for went on for a few years, but in 1985, the museum closed up due to a decreasing amount of visitors and a subsidy stop.

The paintings that were housed in the museum belonged to Abraham Bredius. He was the son of a gunpowder manufacturer. His father had left him a hefty sum of money to pursue his dream of painting. Abraham was a very knowledgeable man, and had written many articles and books about art. He had became known after he started painting as a Rembrandt expert. Soon he became the director of the Mauritshuis, an art museum, in the Hague. After moving to Monaco for health issues, he decided that the climate wasn't good for his paintings, and left them back in the Hague. He also made a promise to the city that he would give his paintings to them upon his death.

The original home that housed the museum was closed in 1985 due to low visitor counts and funding issues. When enough money was raised, it was determined that the house was no longer usable as an art museum and was moved to its present location in 1990. This museum is located in the western Netherlands in a city called the Hague. It serves the same purpose today as it had years ago. Though there are many paintings by Bredius, there are also some pieces created by painter Jan Steen in it as well.