The Leiden Collection, founded in 2003 by American collectors Dr. Thomas S. Kaplan and his wife Daphne Recanati Kaplan, contains approximately 250 paintings and drawings and is one of the largest and most important collections of 17^th-century Dutch paintings in private hands. The collection is named after Rembrandt’s hometown in honor of the master’s transcendence and focuses on works by Rembrandt and his followers. It highlights the personalities and themes that shaped the 17^th century over five generations.

The collection is the most comprehensive representation of the Leiden artists known as “fine painters”. They focused on painting portraits, tronies (character studies), genre scenes and history paintings.

Would you like to learn more about the collection? The Leiden Collection has an extensive online catalog. Here you will find detailed information about all the paintings, biographies of the artists and essays by leading scholars.