In the heart of New York, viewing Central Park, you find The Frick Collection. A much loved museum famous for its collection. Among those masterpieces of Dutch painters from the seventeenth century. Never been on show in Europe for more than 100 years.

What happens when two art forms – the literary and the visual arts – come together? For its bicentenary, the Mauritshuis asked 200 writers to draw inspiration from the museum’s collection. The crème de la crème of today's literary community, from at home and abroad, participated in this remarkable book. One writer; one work of art from the Mauritshuis; 200 words per contribution – never before have so many authors appeared together in a single publication. To name just a few of the ...