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: (40)
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Changing Pasture, ca. 1880s Anton Mauve (Dutch, 1838-1888)Oil on canvas; 24 x 39 5/8 in.
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Hendrik Spilman, Henricus Spilman, Plaatsnyder en Tekenaar (Hendrik Spilman, engraver and designer), 18th century
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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 Goudt, Aurora, 1613
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Hendrik Goltzius, The Annunciation, 1594
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Hendrik Goltzius, Hercules and Cacus, 1588
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Hendrik Hondius I, Autumn, one from a set of four, The Seasons, 1601
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Hendrik Leys, Les Archers, 19th century
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Hendrik Goltzius, The Magdalene in the Desert, 1585
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Hendrik Goltzius, The Circumcision of Christ, 1594
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Hendrik Schaefels, View of Antwerp, 1886
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Hendrik Goltzius, [The Last Supper] (Copy), 1598
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Hendrik Goltzius, (Plate 8) From Nine Muses, 1592
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Hendrik Goltzius, (Plate 9) From Nine Muses, 1592
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Hendrik Goltzius, (Plate 5) From Nine Muses, 1592
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Hendrik Goltzius, Tantalus, 16th - 17th century
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Hendrik Goltzius, Phaeton, 16th - 17th century
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Hendrik Goltzius, Ixion, 16th - 17th century
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Hendrik Goltzius, The Morning, 16th - 17th century
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Hendrik Waanders, Baluster form Vase, 1781
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Hendrik Goltzius, The Penitent Magdalen, after Goltzius, 1602
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Jan Saenredam , Karel van Mandes, (after Hendrik Golzins), 1604
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Hendrik Goudt, Landscape at Dawn (Aurora), 1613
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Hendrik Goltzius, Jupiter, 16th - 17th century
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Hendrik Goltzius, Scientia, 16th - 17th century
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Hendrik Goudt, Ceres seeking her daugher, 1610
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Jacob Matham, Portrait of Hendrik Goltzius, 1657
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Hendrik Schaefels, Coast Landscape with Ships, 1864
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Hendrik Schaefels, Flemish Fishing Village, 1882
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Hendrik Goltzius, St Mathews, 16th - 17th century
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Hendrik Snyers , The Holy Family, 17th century
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Hendrik Goltzius, Portrait of Hans Bol (1534-1593) at the age of 58, 1593
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Hendrik Goltzius, The Holy Family with St. John the Baptist, 1593
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Hendrik Hondius I, July. Landscape, 16th - 17th century
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Cornelis de Visscher, Portrait of Hendrik du Booys, 17th century
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Hendrik Hondius I, January. Landscape, 16th - 17th century
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Hendrik Goltzius, Visitation (from the Life of the Virgin series), 1593
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Hendrik Goltzius, The Passion: The Resurrection, 16th - 17th century
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Hendrik Cause, Portrait of Maximilian Henrick, Archbishop, 17th century

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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