Willet-Holthuysen
Willet-Holthuysen is a 17th-century canal mansion on the Herengracht that preserves the domestic world of Amsterdam’s wealthy merchants. The house was built for Jacob Hop, mayor of Amsterdam, around 1685, and later received an outside redesign in 1739 in the fashionable Louis XIV style. That long architectural evolution connects everyday living to the political and commercial power that financed the city’s grand canal ring. Today the museum exists because Louisa Holthuysen, in 1895, bequeathed the building and its contents—including art collected by her husband, Abraham Willet—to the city, on the condition that it would become a museum bearing their names. Inside, three floors are open to the public: the souterrain with the kitchen and garden, restored in 1972; the bel-etage with its long hallway; and the top floor with an on-display bedroom and exhibition rooms. …
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