Artist: Hendrik Mesdag (1831 - 1915)
Nationality: Dutch
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Media: Painting
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Biography:
Hendrik Willem Mesdag initially worked in his family’s banking business. In 1866, he quit his occupation and became an artist. He joined the Hague School and was one of the group’s leading artists. He is remembered for his beach scenes and seascapes. Mesdag’s best known painting is a panorama of a Dutch fishing village, Scheveningen.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Changing Pasture, ca. 1880s Anton Mauve (Dutch, 1838-1888)Oil on canvas; 24 x 39 5/8 in.
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Frans Hals - Hendrik Swalmius 1639 oil on oak panel The Detroit Institute of Art Dutch
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Sir Anthony van Dyck - Portrait of Hendrik van der Poel n.d. oil on panel Utah Museum of Fine Arts Flemish
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Hendrik Spilman Henricus Spilman, Plaatsnyder en Tekenaar (Hendrik Spilman, engraver and designer) Line engraving 18th century
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Hendrik Leys Les Archers Etching 19th century
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Hendrik Leys Interieur de Luther, a Wittenberg Etching 19th century
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Jan Saenredam Karel van Mandes, (after Hendrik Golzins) engraving 1604
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Hendrik Leys Promenade hors les Murs (Faust et Wagner) Etching 19th century
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Hendrik Hondius I Portrait of H. Aldegrever Engraving 16th - 17th century
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Hendrik Hondius I Portrait of Josias Simlerus Engraving 16th - 17th century
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Hendrik Hondius I Portrait of Wilhelm of Hessen Engraving 16th - 17th century
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Hendrik Hondius I Death with and Arrow and an Hourglass Engraving 16th - 17th century
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Hendrik Hondius I Portrait of Lucus van Leyden Engraving 16th - 17th century
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Hendrik Hondius I Landscape with the Prodigal Son and the Swine. Engraving 16th - 17th century
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Hendrik Hondius I January. Landscape Etching-Engraving 16th - 17th century
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Hendrik Hondius I July. Landscape Etching-Engraving 16th - 17th century
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Hendrik Hondius I Portrait of Christian IV, King of Denmark and Norway Engraving 16th - 17th century
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Hendrik Hondius I Portrait of Michael Mirevelt (Painter in Delft) Engraving 16th - 17th century
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Hendrik Waanders Baluster form Vase tin - glazed earthenware 1781
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Hendrik Snyers The Holy Family Engraving 17th century
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Hendrik van der Borcht Five Emblematic Prints: (2) Ornament in form of winged child 1637
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Hendrik Schaefels View of Antwerp Etching 1886
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Jacobus Houbraken (Willem Karel Hendrik Friso...) circa 1751
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Amorous Old Man with a Young Girl
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Frederick Hendrik van den Hove Frances Bugg of Mildenhall 17th - 18th century
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Hendrik Goudt Aurora Engraving 1613
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Hendrik Schaefels Flemish Fishing Village Etching 1882
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Hendrik Schaefels Coast Landscape with Ships Etching 1864
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Hendrik Schaefels Incendia ‡ Ranst 19th - 20th century
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Hendrik Snyers Abraham Blomaert, (after drawn self-portrait) etching and/or engraving 17th century
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Hendrik van der Borcht Five Emblematic Prints: (5) Figure of woman 16th - 17th century
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Hendrik van der Borcht Five Emblematic Prints: (3) Statue of woman with two winged children, Five heads 1638
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Hendrik van der Borcht Five Emblematic Prints: (1) Ornament in form of winged child with Rabbit 1637
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: attributed to Barnard Hendrik Thier Title: Cattle in a Landscape Date: 18th century Medium:
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Hendrik Snyers Portrait of Robertus, Palatine of the Rhine Engraving 17th century
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Pieter Tanje Portrait of Willem Carel Hendrik Friso, Minister of the Netherlands ENG 1750
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Hendrik Cause Portrait of Maximilian Henrick, Archbishop Engraving 17th century
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Jacob Matham Portrait of Hendrik Goltzius Engraving 1657
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Hendrik Snyers Holy Family Surrounded by Saints Engraving 17th century
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Hendrik Snyers Adam van Oort, (after painter Iacobus Iordaens) etching and/or engraving 17th century
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Hendrik Danckerts Henrietta Maria, Queen of England Engraving 1645
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Jacob Simon Hendrik Kever Dutch Farm House oil on canvas 19th - 20th century
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Hendrik Goudt Ceres seeking her daugher Engraving 1610
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Paul Pontius Hendrik von Balen, (after van Dyck's Iconographia) engraving 17th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
The Reader Eglon Hendrik van der Neer (Dutch, 1634-1703)Oil on canvas; 15 x 11 in.
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Hendrik van der Borcht Five Emblematic Prints: (4) Figure of woman with scales and sword 16th - 17th century
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Hendrik Hondius I Autumn, one from a set of four, The Seasons Engraving 1601
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Paul Pontius Portrait of Frederick, Hendrik D-G. of Nassau Engraving 17th century
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Hendrik Hulsbergh Broadgate in Leiestershire Being the Seate of the Right Honorable the Earle of Stamford 18th century
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Jan Saenredam The Samaritan Engraving 16th - 17th century
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Jan Saenredam Mercury Engraving 16th - 17th century
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Jan Saenredam Night Engraving 16th - 17th century
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Jan Saenredam The Four Seasons. Spring Engraving 16th - 17th century
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Jan Saenredam The Four Seasons. Summer Engraving 16th - 17th century
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Jan Saenredam The Four Seasons. Autumn Engraving 16th - 17th century
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Jan Saenredam The Four Seasons. Winter Engraving 16th - 17th century
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Jan Saenredam The Four Times of the Day. Morning Engraving 16th - 17th century
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Jan Saenredam The Four Seasons. Spring Engraving 16th - 17th century
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Jan Saenredam The Caananite Woman Engraving 16th - 17th century
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Jan Saenredam Mary Magdalene Engraving 16th - 17th century
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Jan Saenredam The Woman Taken in Adultery Engraving 16th - 17th century
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Hendrik Goudt Landscape at Dawn (Aurora) Etching and engraving 1613
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Young Woman Frederik Hendrik Kaemmerer (Dutch, 1839-1902)Oil on canvas; 9 3/4 x 6 1/4 in.
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Jan Saenredam Death seated on a tombstone, and a young man with a flower Engraving 1592
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Jan Saenredam Saturn presiding over Agriculture Engraving 16th - 17th century
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Jan Saenredam Judith with the head of Holofernes Engraving 16th - 17th century
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Jan Saenredam Jupiter presiding over the Sciences Engraving 16th - 17th century
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Jan Saenredam Venus presiding over love Engraving 16th - 17th century
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Jan Saenredam Saturn presiding over Agriculture Engraving 16th - 17th century
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Hendrik Goudt Tobias, with the Angel, Dragging the Fish engraving 1613
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Hendrik Goudt Jupiter and Mercury in the House of Baucis and Philemon Engraving 1612
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Jan Saenredam Two Dutch Peasants at Market Engraving 16th - 17th century
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Hendrik Goudt Tobias with the Angel, carrying the fish (The Little Tobias) Engraving 1608
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Jan Saenredam Artist Painting a nude woman Engraving 16th - 17th century
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Cornelis de Visscher Portrait of Hendrik du Booys Engraving 17th century
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Jan Saenredam Susanna at the bath surprised by the Elders Engraving 16th - 17th century
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Jan Saenredam The woman sick from the loss of blood Engraving 16th - 17th century
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Hendrik Goudt Jupiter and Mercury in the House of Philemon and Baucis engraving 1612
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Jan Harmenz Muller (Johannes Mullerus) God's spirit carried by the waters before the creation of the Earth Engraving 1589
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Hendrik Goudt Tobias with the Angel Dragging the Fish (The Large Tobias) Engraving and etching 1613
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Hendrik Van Balen - The Trinity c. 1620 oil on wood Cleveland Museum of Art Flemish
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Hendrik Goltzius - The Fall of Man 1616 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art Dutch
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Hendrik Goltzius - Proserpine 1588-90 chiaroscuro woodcut Hood Museum of Art Dutch
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Egidius van Tilborgh, the Younger Head of a Mother and Child; v: Soldiers Brandishing Clubs (fragment from Hendrik Goetzius engraving of the Resurrection 1596-9, The Passion H 32) silverpoint on ivory 17th century
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Jan Saenredam Bacchus and the Vintage Season (Des buveurs prient Bacchus de leur continner ses dous) Engraving 16th - 17th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Oboe in C, before 1727 Made by Hendrik RichtersAmsterdam, HollandEbony, ivory, silver; L. 22 1/2
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Hendrik de Clerck - Perseus and Andromeda n.d. oil on canvas Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at The University of Oklahoma Flemish
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Hendrik van Steenwyck the younger - The Liberation of St Peter 1626 oil on panel The Fitzwilliam Museum Flemish
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Hendrik van Steenwyck the younger - The Liberation of St Peter 1615 oil on panel The Fitzwilliam Museum Flemish
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Hendrik van der Burch - A Musical Party n.d. oil on canvas Utah Museum of Fine Arts Dutch
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Hendrik Goltzius - The Farnese Hercules c. 1592 engraving The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Dutch
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Hendrik van der Burch - The Oyster Breakfast c. 1650-55 oil on oak panel The Detroit Institute of Art Dutch
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Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch - A Gray Day in Holland 1899 oil on canvas Taft Museum of Art Dutch
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Hendrik Cornelisz. Van Vliet - The old Church at Delft n.d. oil on panel The Fitzwilliam Museum Dutch
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Hendrik van der Burch - The Game of Cards c. 1660 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art Dutch
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Hendrik Goltzius - Vertumnus and Pomona 1615 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum Dutch
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Hendrik I van Balen - Adoration of the Shepherds c. 1595 oil on copper The Fitzwilliam Museum Flemish
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Hendrik de Fromantiou - Vase of flowers n.d. oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum Dutch
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Hendrik I van Balen - Judgement of Paris n.d. oil on copper The Fitzwilliam Museum Flemish
Museum of Fine Arts -
Hendrik Richters, 1683-1727 Oboe Netherlands, (Amsterdam), about 1720 Ebony, ivory, silver 56.8 cm (22 3/8

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (3)
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Teyler Museum: DUTCH DRAWINGS 1580-1850
As the title suggests all major names of that period are represented in the exhibition. Sheets by masters like Goltzius, Rembrandt, Dou, Van Ostade and Mesdag are to ...
van Gogh Museum: Van Gogh and the Sea
Several drawings and sketches in letters from the time Van Gogh spent in The Hague (1881-1883) show the beach and village of Scheveningen, as well as portraits of fishermen. He was apparently less interested in the cosmopolitan entertainments of t...
Van Gogh Museum: Reflections: Japan and Japonism

Come now, isn’t it almost a true religion which these simple Japanese teach us, who live in nature as though they themselves were flowers. And you cannot study Japanese art, it seems to me, without becoming much gayer and happier, and we must r...

Further Artwork and Information:

Hendrik Mesdag Online
Mesdag Documentation Society Homepage
Hendrik Willem Mesdag
Hendrik Mesdag Setting Sun
Hendrik Mesdag Setting Sun
Hendrik Mesdag
CGFA- Hendrik Mesdag: Setting Sun
Hendrik Willem Mesdag @ Catharton Artists
MSN Encarta - Search Results - Mesdag AND Hendrik AND Willem
Vincent Art Gallery: About Hendrik Willem Mesdag

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