COGNICURRENT

British historian Simon Schama reflects on humanity's relationship with nature through the bond with birds at the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague.

New research reveals that in the painting 'The Bull' by Paulus Potter, the bull's testicles were originally much larger but were halved in size by the artist to conform to 17th-century societal norms.

The Thyssen Museum and the Mauritshuis in The Hague will simultaneously exchange twenty-five notable works from their permanent collections under a collaborative agreement.