Immediately to the right is a small museum: the Regent's Room. The interior dates from 1700, with a portrait gallery of the founder and regents who ran the court in the seventeenth century, a painting above the mantelpiece and a ceiling mural by Arnold Houbraken.
The Poor Women's Court from 1625 was founded by Arend Maartenszoon. The entrance is through the stone gate. Immediately to the right you will see the Regent's Room. The interior dates from 1700, with portrait gallery (founder and regents, who managed the hofje in the seventeenth century), painting above mantelpiece and ceiling painting by Arnold Houbraken (1660 - 1719). The paintings refer to Arend Maartenszoon's good deed in building this court, consisting of 38 houses around a courtyard with old trees and a well. Also note the various Bible proverbs in Regentenkamer Arend. The Arend Maartenszhof was founded in 1625 by Arend Maartenszoon in an attempt to shake off his bad reputation in the city. He had 38 homes built that provided a safe haven for destitute women and widows. Since the 1980s, admission rules for the cottages have been relaxed. But two rules of the old founder stand: residents must be of impeccable conduct and they must lovingly care for the living environment. The entrance to the hofje is through the richly decorated Renaissance gate on Museum Street. Visitors are welcomed there with the words "Naeckt kom ick, naeckt scheyde ick. The motto "Vita Vapor" ("life is a vapor") can also be read on the sandstone gate.
- Year built: 1625
- Style of architecture: a.o. Neo-Gothic, XVIII and XVII
- Original function: Arme Vrouwenhof
