Best of Collection - Curator's Choice: Mienke Simon Thomas shows Doomer's Collector's Cabinet | ENG
Channel: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Date: 11/04/2014

The collector's cabinet, which is a collection of naturalia and artificialia, is the forerunner of the museum.

Mienke Simon Thomas, senior curator of decorative arts and design, shows a beautiful example of a collector's cabinet from the 17th century by Herman Doomer. The cabinet is decorated with tulips, a symbol of wealth. Doomer was so much respected that he and his wife were both painted by Rembrandt.