When the Love Stories exhibition from the National Portrait Gallery in London traveled to Amsterdam in a collaboration between the Dutch National Portrait Gallery and the Hermitage, I selected Dutch love portraits from several collections. These are some of my favourites.
The Hermitage Amsterdam
16 September - 8 January 2023
©Evert Elzinga, Love Stories at the Hermitage Amsterdam
Gerard Fieret, Untitled, 1965-1975. Coll. Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Wanda Tuerlinckx, Harmony, Abyss Creations, San Marcos, California, 2018
Lee To Sang, Melanie Bonajo and unknown passer-by, 1998. Collection Willem van Zoetendaal
Love Stories exhibition design by Vanessa van Dam