Nivaagaards Malerisamling, Øresund Coast

Nivaagaards Malerisamling next to Nivågård in Nivå is a Danish art museum, established by landowner Johannes Hage, who was a private art collector and in 1908 transferred the collection to the public in the form of an independent institution.

The 1908 charter of the Hague Foundation stipulates that the collection is to be preserved as a museum open to the public. The original building, built in 1903 by Johan Schrøder, was extended in 1989 and 1992 by Royal Decree. building inspector David Bretton-Meyer.

The collection contains works by artists from the Dutch Golden Age, including Rembrandt, Jan Steen, Egbert van Drielst, Jan van Goyen, Pieter de Hooch, Gabriel Metsu and Salomon van Ruysdael. The German school is represented by Lucas Cranach the Elder, among others, while Pieter Brueghel the Younger is also represented. From the Italian Renaissance there are works by Giovanni Bellini and Titian, from the French school by Claude Lorrain, from Denmark by Nicolai Abildgaard and Jens Juel and from the Danish Golden Age by C.W. Eckersberg, Constantin Hansen, Christen Købke, J.Th. Lundbye, Wilhelm Marstrand, Martinus Rørbye and H.W. Bissen.

In 1999, the collection's works by Rembrandt and Bellini were stolen in a high-profile art heist. The works have since been returned. The heist was the subject of the film Rembrandt.

See a selection of works from the Nivaagaards Painting Collection.