Going Dutch isn’t always the right choice.

The guy who fully expected you to pay for your own slice of pizza? Not a winner.

But when two of Los Angeles’s top museums decide to give two of history’s greatest Dutch artists the star treatment, that’s news.

The Getty and Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) are teaming up to go Dutch — and visitors who hit them both are in for a treat.

The Getty shines a spotlight on the legendary late paintings of Rembrandt. These hauntingly beautiful religious portraits, featuring faces and hands sculpted in paint, bring visitors face to face with true genius.

LACMA, meanwhile, is mounting the first major West Coast exhibition of the works of the brilliant Jacob van Ruisdael, who painted some of the most dramatic and seductive landscapes in the history of art.

That’s already pretty cool news for art-lovers. But here’s the kicker: Bring your LACMA ticket stub to the Getty or your Getty parking receipt to LACMA from July 7 through August 28, 2005, present them at the coffee cart (Getty) or cafe (LACMA), and you’ll receive a free yummy Dutch treat. Plus, present a printout of this page to LACMA and get two-for-one general admission.

A double feature? A free treat? Two-for-one admission?

It’s enough to give going Dutch a good name.

(Please note that LACMA’s two-for-one general admission offer is not valid for the exhibition Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of Pharaohs.)

Image credits from top to bottom: Jacob van Ruisdale (1628/9-1682), “The Great Oak” (detail), 1652. © 2005 Museum Associates/LACMA. Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, “Self-Portrait as the Apostle Paul” (detail), 1661. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; Jacob van Ruisdael (1628/9-1682), “Vessels in a Choppy Sea” (detail), c. 1670. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.