Editing Mauritshuis (section)

==Controversy over the colonial past of Prince Maurice==
[[File:Museum Kurhaus Kleve PM15-11.jpg|thumb|220px|''Bust of John Maurice'' by [[Bartholomeus Eggers]]]]
In 1664 Prince John Maurice ordered a marble bust portrait of himself for the garden of the Mauritshuis, the Prince's residence in the Hague. The statue was sculpted by the Flemish sculptor [[Bartholomeus Eggers]]. Prince Maurice had the bust moved to the burial chamber (Fürstengruft) in [[Siegen]] which he had built for himself in 1670.

In 1986 a copy of the statue made in plastic was placed inside the Mauritshuis.<ref>Susie Protschky, ''Between corporate and familial responsibility: Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen and masculine governance in Europe and the Dutch colonial world'', in: Susan Broomhall and Jacqueline van Gent (eds), 'Governing Masculinities: Regulating Selves and Others in the Early Modern Period', Aldershot: Ashgate, 2011, p. 162</ref> The bust was removed from the Mauritshuis in 2017 amidst controversy over Holland's colonial history and Prince John Maurice's role in the slave trade.<ref>[https://www.frieze.com/article/mauritshuis-bust-and-volatile-heritage-debate-netherlands Vincent van Velsen, ''The Mauritshuis Bust and the Volatile Heritage Debate in the Netherlands''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424200001/https://www.frieze.com/article/mauritshuis-bust-and-volatile-heritage-debate-netherlands |date=2021-04-24 }}, in Frieze, 5 February 2018</ref> The Mauritshuis museum has denied that the removal had anything to do with the controversy and has stated that the decision was taken on the grounds that the object was solely a copy made of plastic and the museum was unable to offer the necessary historical context for it in the foyer of the Mauritshuis where it was exhibited.<ref>[https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/discover/news-archive/2018/bust-johan-maurits ‘’Bust Johan Maurits’’] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809180851/https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/discover/news-archive/2018/bust-johan-maurits/ |date=2020-08-09 }}, published on 15 January 2018, at the Mauritshuis website</ref> The museum has since created a webpage dedicated to explaining the role of the Prince in the creation of the museum's building and collection and the museum's current view of the Prince. The statements on the page highlight the key role the Prince played in the slave trade in Brazil and how his immense wealth was likely sourced (in certain cases even in breach of then existing rules) from his involvement in the slave trade.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/discover/mauritshuis/johan-maurits |title=Page on Johan Maurits at the Mauritshuis website |access-date=2021-06-06 |archive-date=2021-06-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606175742/https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/discover/mauritshuis/johan-maurits/ |url-status=live }}</ref>