Prepare to be amazed by the works of M.C. Escher

A striking feature of the interior of Lange Voorhout Palace is the large number of chimneypieces it contains. In 2025–2026, Jan van ’t Hof, a specialist in architectural history at the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands (RCE), conducted research into the chimneypieces and their history. This research was facilitated by Escher in The Palace; you can read the preliminary findings in this Escher Today.

Here, the museum publishes articles on the life and work of M.C. Escher, organised into five categories. Jumping through time but always in the now. All year round you can enjoy background stories, anecdotes and trivia about this fascinating artist.

The life of Escher, year by year. In nearly 70 informative chapters you learn about his life and work, ending with the opening of Escher in The Palace. 

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Escher was a printmaker, but what exactly is that? Read the pages below to find out more about the techniques he used: woodcut, wood engraving, linocut, lithography, etching and mezzotint. Each of them has its own particular qualities, so the prints made using these techniques differ in terms of their complexity and visual character.

Escher in The Palace offers visitors two free audio guides. These can be listened to using the Bloomberg Connects app.
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