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Visits are possible upon request on weekdays from 10:00 to 12:30. During weekends and public holidays the Collection is closed. Please visit www.collectiesix.nl to request a visit.

The Six collection has its origins to Jan Six (1618-1700), a well-to-do magistrate and burgomaster. Six was an avid collector and patron of the arts, with well-documented friendships with Rembrandt and Vondel.

The collection was further enriched by intermarriages. Six married Margaretha Tulp, daughter of Nicolaas Tulp in 1655, who brought many family heirlooms to the collection. Subsequent intermarriages added works and objects from prominent families such as the Hop, Van Winter, Teding van Berkhout, and Bosch Reitz.

The collection has been handed down generations to the direct descendant of the first Jan Six, Jan Six (X) van Hillegom. Paintings by Rembrandt, Paulus Potter and Saenredam, among others, have always remained in the family. It is a family collection of unprecedented wealth, with Rembrandt’s Portrait of Jan Six as its absolute highlight.