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  • Boston, MA 050213 A visitor to the MFA examines on May 2, 2013 three pieces of art work on display which are part of the Rose Marie and Eijik Van Oterloo collection at the MFA. The Van Oterloos have the finest collection of the 17th century Dutch art in the country. More of a dozen of these pieces will go up on display at the MFA on May 8 when the museum reopens its Dutch and Flemish galleries. (Essdras M Suarez/ Globe Staff)/ G
    Essdras M Suarez/Globe Staff
    A visitor to the Museum of Fine Arts examined three pieces on display that are part of the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo collection. Seventeen of their pieces are in the Dutch and Flemish galleries at the MFA.
  • Eijk (l to r) and Rose-Marie van Otterloo are seen at the Legion of Honor where some of their collection is shown in the current exhbit "Dutch and Flemish Masterworks from the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection" on Thursday, July 7, 2011 in San Francisco, Calif. (Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle )
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    Eijk and Rose-Marie van Otterloo, shown in 2011 at the Legion of Honor exhibit in San Francisco, have arguably the world’s greatest private collection of the 17th century Dutch and Flemish art.
  • Boston, MA 050213 MFA visitors walk on May 2, 2013 by Ambrosius Bosschaert the elder's Still Life with Rose in a Glass which is part of the Rose Marie and Eijik Van Oterloo collection. The Van Oterloos have the finest collection of the 17th century Dutch art in the country. More of a dozen of these pieces will go up on display at the MFA on May 8 when the museum reopens its Dutch and Flemish galleries. (Essdras M Suarez/ Globe Staff)/ G
    Essdras M Suarez/Globe Staff
    MFA visitors walked by Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder's "Still Life with Rose in a Glass," which is part of the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo collection.
  • 1. Sleeping Dog Gerrit Dou (Dutch, 1613Ð1675) Dutch, 1650 Oil on panel *RoseMarie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection *Courtesy, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston -- 01vanotterloo
    Museum of Fine Arts
    "Sleeping Dog" by Gerrit Dou, 1650
  • Boston, MA 050213 Aaron Luckman (cq), an MFA stiching design preparator, takes measurement on May 2, 2013 while installing a label by Rembrandt's Portrait of aAletje Uylenburgh which is part of the Rose Marie and Eijik Van Oterloo collection at the MFA. The Van Oterloos have the finest collection of the 17th century Dutch art in the country. More of a dozen of these pieces will go up on display at the MFA on May 8 when the museum reopens its Dutch and Flemish galleries. (Essdras M Suarez/ Globe Staff)/ G
    Essdras M Suarez/Globe Staff
    Aaron Luckman, a MFA stitching design preparator, took a measurement on May 2, 2013, while installing a label by Rembrandt's Portrait of Aeltje Uylenburgh.
  • Boston, MA 050213 MFA facilities' personnel Joe Morgan (Cq), left, and Thomas Conlon (Cq), put up on May 2, 2013 a small barrier in front of the "Orpheous Charming the Animals" painting by Aelbert Cuyp which is part of the Rose Marie and Eijik Van Oterloo collection. The Van Oterloos have the finest collection of the 17th century Dutch art in the country. More of a dozen of these pieces will go up on display at the MFA on May 8 when the museum reopens its Dutch and Flemish galleries. (Essdras M Suarez/ Globe Staff)/ G
    Essdras M Suarez/Globe Staff
    MFA facilities personnel Joe Morgan, left, and Thomas Conlon, put up a small barrier in front of the "Orpheous Charming the Animals" painting by Aelbert Cuyp.
  • "Wooded River Landscape with Shepherd" by Jacob Isaacksz van Ruisdael, about 1655-€“60
    Museum of Fine Arts
    "Wooded River Landscape with Shepherd" by Jacob Isaacksz van Ruisdael, about 1655-60
  • Rose-Marie Van Otterloo at her home in Marblehead. The Van Otterloos have the best collection of Dutch and Flemish art in the country, some of which will be going on display May 8 when the MFA in Boston reopens its Dutch galleries. Painting: “Portrait of a young woman holding a fan” by Jacob Adriaensz Backer Jon Chase for the Boston Globe
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    Rose-Marie van Otterloo at her home in Marblehead with one the paintings from their collection, “Portrait of a young woman holding a fan” by Jacob Adriaensz Backer.
  • 2/03/11 - Marblehead, MA - A detail from a cupboard. Marblehead residents Rose-Marie van Otterloo and Peabody Essex Museum conservators packed up pieces of 400-year-old Dutch furniture that will appear in an exhibition of 17th-century Dutch and Flemish art. The complete collection of Rose-Marie and Eijk Van Otterloo, and is known as one of the best private collections of its sort in the world. Story slugged: 13dutch. Story by Geoff Edgers/Globe Staff. Dina Rudick/Globe Staff.
    Dina Rudick/Globe Staff
    A detail from a cupboard "Two figures Dutch" from the van Otterloo furniture collection at their Marblehead home in 2011.
  • 2/03/11 - Marblehead, MA - On February 3, Marblehead residents Rose-Marie van Otterloo and Peabody Essex Museum conservators packed up pieces of 400-year-old Dutch furniture that will appear in an exhibition of 17th-century Dutch and Flemish art. The complete collection of Rose-Marie and Eijk Van Otterloo, and is known as one of the best private collections of its sort in the world. Story slugged: 13dutch. Story by Geoff Edgers/Globe Staff. Dina Rudick/Globe Staff.
    Dina Rudick/Globe Staff
    Marblehead resident Rose-Marie van Otterloo and Peabody Essex Museum conservators packed up pieces of 400-year-old Dutch furniture that will appear in an exhibition of 17th-century Dutch and Flemish art in 2011.
  • 3. Winter Landscape near a Village Hendrick Avercamp (Dutch, 1585Ð1634) about 1610Ð15 Oil on panel *RoseMarie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection *Courtesy, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston -- 01vanotterloo
    Museum of Fine Arts
    "Winter Landscape near a Village" by Hendrick Avercamp, about 1610-15, part of the van Otterloo collection.
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