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The Gevangenpoort (''Prisoner's Gate'') is a former gate and
From 1420 until 1828, the prison was used for housing people who had committed serious crimes while they awaited sentencing.
Its most famous prisoner was
Since 2010, museum visitors can view the restored art gallery that can be reached through a special staircase that connects the two buildings. The collection which hangs here is a modern reconstruction of the original 1774 art cabinet that was situated upstairs above the fencing school. The paintings are again upstairs, hanging crowded together on the walls in the style of the late 18th century. In 1822 the collection (then called ''Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen te 's-Gravenhage'') was moved to the Mauritshuis which remains the formal owner of the paintings on display. During restoration activities, highlights of the permanent Mauritshuis collection have been temporarily displayed in the gallery.
File:Blaeu 1652 - 's Gravenhage.jpg, On this map by
The gate was a border between the "binnenhof" (inner court) and "buitenhof" (outer court). The gate proved much too small in later times to let traffic pass safely, and the decision was made in the early 20th century to fill in a part of the Hofvijver and build a new road. The old gate function can be still seen in paintings and early photographs.
File:De Gevangenpoort te Den Haag Rijksmuseum SK-A-942.jpeg, ''De Gevangenpoort te Den Haag'' by Johannes Adrianus van der Drift (between 1820-1830)
File:Zicht langs gevels en door poort - 's-Gravenhage - 20326683 - RCE.jpg, Situation in 1923 shortly after the buildings were torn down to make way for the new road construction
The Gevangenpoort (''Prisoner's Gate'') is a former gate and medieval
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a ...
prison on the Buitenhof in The Hague
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. It is situated next to the 18th-century art gallery founded by William V, Prince of Orange in 1774 known as the '' Prince William V Gallery''.
History of the prison
From 1420 until 1828, the prison was used for housing people who had committed serious crimes while they awaited sentencing.
Its most famous prisoner was Cornelis de Witt
Cornelis de Witt (; 15 June 1623 – 20 August 1672) was a Dutch politician and naval commendant of the Golden Age. During the First Stadtholderless Period De Witt was an influential member of the Dutch States Party, and was in opposition to t ...
, who was held on the charge of plotting the murder of the stadtholder
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. He was lynched together with his brother Johan Johan
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on 20 August 1672 on the square in front of the building called ''groene zoodje'' after the grass mat used for the scaffold. When public executions went out of fashion the area was used to build the "Witte Society", a literature club that still exists today, but had to move when the street was built in 1923.
In 1882, the Gevangenpoort became a prison museum. The "gate" function was lost in 1923 when the houses adjoining the Hofvijver
The Hofvijver (; en, Court Pond) is a lake in the centre of The Hague, Netherlands. It is adjoined in the east by the Korte Vijverberg (road), in the south by the Binnenhof and the Mauritshuis, in the west by the Buitenhof and in the nor ...
were taken down to build the street that now allows busy traffic, including trams.
Art Gallery
Since 2010, museum visitors can view the restored art gallery that can be reached through a special staircase that connects the two buildings. The collection which hangs here is a modern reconstruction of the original 1774 art cabinet that was situated upstairs above the fencing school. The paintings are again upstairs, hanging crowded together on the walls in the style of the late 18th century. In 1822 the collection (then called ''Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen te 's-Gravenhage'') was moved to the Mauritshuis which remains the formal owner of the paintings on display. During restoration activities, highlights of the permanent Mauritshuis collection have been temporarily displayed in the gallery.
Joan Blaeu
Joan Blaeu (; 23 September 1596 – 21 December 1673) was a Dutch cartographer born in Alkmaar, the son of cartographer Willem Blaeu.
Life
In 1620, Blaeu became a doctor of law but he joined the work of his father. In 1635, they published ...
from 1652, the gate can be seen adjoining the Hofvijver.
File:Groene Zoodje, Gebroeders de Witt.jpg, The De Witt brothers on the "Groene Zoodje".
File:Den Haag - Gevangenpoort 1900.jpg, The gate in 1900, with the "Society" building on the left overlooking the Hofvijver
File:Interieur kamer van Johan de Witt - 's-Gravenhage - 20326574 - RCE.jpg, Former room of the museum with a bust of Johan de Witt before restoration
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