Museum Paul Tétar van Elven, Delft

In a 16th century canal house on the Corn Market is the art museum of one special man. Paul Tetar van Elven was a painter. He lived from 1823 to 1896. He did scenes from history and portraits. His specialty was copies of Old Masters. The Netherlands and Delft produced many of the best "Old masters" of art.

Paul trained at the Hague and later taught at the Polytechnical School in Delft, which later became the Technical University of Delft. He lived at his canal house from 1864 until 1894. This is where he kept his beloved collections of paintings, furniture, objets d'art, Chinese porcelain and blue faiences.

In 1925 van Elven's second wife and widow, Mrs. Pitlo-van Duuren, willed his collections and the canal house to a museum foundation. The museum, in his name, was opened on June 23, 1927.