The main building with the overhanging towers, just west of the gate, seems a single 4 windows wide structure, but this is not the case.

In fact the part with the two windows directly below and between the overhanging towers belongs to the original main building, and probably dates from 1504-1509.

Perhaps an archaeological investigation might one day give more certainty about the earliest phases and strange composition of the castle.

This would also explain the strange situation of the current castle at the fringe of a large island.

I.e. constructing the current castle would require the removal of a supposed nearby motte.

The exterior form of the current castle is generally attributed to sixteenth century construction work ordered by the Heym family.

The Heym coat of arms is cemented in the southern facade of one of the main buildings,[3] and has been there for centuries.

This is proven by the fact that Heym ordered many construction materials at the workshop which also provided these for the St. John, and that Jan Heyns paid for some of these, proving his involvement.

[10] The problem is that this fact is/was often used to claim that Jan Heyns built the current castle.

[12] In 1543 a Gelderland army led by Maarten van Rossum marched into Brabant, reaching as far as Antwerp.

On the other hand Van Heurn supposed that Heym kept his castle by garrisoning it with some soldiers from the city.

[13] Of course the likelihood of either explanation depends on how strong the castle was at the time, and whether Van Rossum had siege weapons.

A later Aert Heym (?-1612) twice had to leave the castle because Maurice, Prince of Orange used it as his headquarters during his failed sieges of 's-Hertogenbosch.

There is an anecdote about the dining table of Frederick Henry getting hit by a cannon ball while he was having lunch, and the prince complaining about this to the commander of 's-Hertogenbosch.

The Catholic elite was not expropriated, but it was excluded from office, leading to a severe decrease in its income.

The fact that Catholics were barred from office enabled him to he become pensionary of ’s-Hertogenbosch and Lord of Geffen.

[15] On 23 May 1680 Maurick was bought by the Van Beresteyn family, which kept the castle as their summer residence.

Christiaen's son Thomas van Beresteyn (1647-1708) became the next Lord of the manor after the death of his mother.

Thomas was a captain in the army, steward of ecclesial goods in Kempenland and Oisterwijk and member of the council of ’s-Hertogenbosch.

[6] In 1883 Adolph Joannes Mathias Mulder (1856-1936) was tasked to take measurements and make accurate drawings of Maurick castle.

2) The west wing facade on the south side was changed so it seemed to be similar to the part with the small overhanging towers, and the whole was plastered to appear as a classic manor.

His widow Gertrude Lagasse de Locht (1886-1963) then lived on Maurick till her death.

Monumenten Fonds Brabant aims to finance her task by finding suitable users for her buildings.

It is owned by BV tot Exploitatie van het Landgoed Maurick and is situated on the edge of the Dommel valley.

He continued his father's business and became an official for the Delft office of the Dutch East Indies Company (VOC).

If that is the case, the paintings probably came to Maurick Castle after that of the branch family became extinct on the death of Agneta Deutz on 13 February 1692.

When the Van Beresteyn family prepared to auction the castle and the works of art it contained, the two paintings were identified as made by Rembrandt.