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Museum Van Loon

Step back into the 18th century at this delightful canal house on
Keizersgracht, which has been the property of the prestigious
Van Loon family (co-founders of the Dutch East India Company,
later bankers and royal courtiers) since 1884. In 1973, the family,
who still reside here, opened it to the public, having painstakingly
restored it to its appearance in the 1750s, when it was owned by
Dr Abraham van Hagen and his heiress wife, Catharina Trip. It is
beautifully furnished with Van Loon family possessions throughout.

The Building
1
In 1672, Jeremias
van Raey built two large
houses on Keizersgracht
(above). One he occupied,
the other – No. 672, now
the Museum Van Loon –
he rented to Rembrandt’s
most famous pupil,
Ferdinand Bol.
The Garden Room
9 0
The Staircase 2
The balustrade
was installed by Dr Van
Hagen, who had his and
5 his wife’s names
incorporated into the
ornate brass work
(right). When the canals
ceased to freeze over
2
regularly, the 18th-
4 century sledge in the hall
became a plant stand.
3 The Dining
6 The Coach
House
Service
The restored coach 4
Key to Floorplan house has the family’s Rare 18th-century Dutch
Ground floor original coach and livery porcelain and 19th-
First floor on display. Temporary century Limoges ware
Second floor exhibitions are held here. grace the dining room.

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