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Collection Treasures

Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Vroege morgen met veel schepen, ca. 1890, olieverf op doek, Museum Panorama Mesdag.
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Museum Panorama Mesdag manages a special collection of works of art by Hendrik Willem Mesdag (1831-1915) and Sientje Mesdag-van Houten (1834-1909), the namesakes of the museum. Collection Treasures shows a selection of their masterpieces. Nowhere has such a large collection of work by the artist couple been preserved as in Museum Panorama Mesdag. That makes this collection unique in the world.

Artist couple

Both Mesdag and Mesdag-van Houten only started as professional painters later in their lives. They paid great attention to nature and demonstrated through their work that 'getting to know nature' was their priority, as nature activists avant la lettre.

Love for the sea 
Mesdag's most important subject became the sea. In his own words: 'The sea is mine.' His beloved sea was reason to settle in The Hague, the place where he could admire the North Sea every day. Mesdag excelled in depicting extreme weather types: from wild waves or storms to a calm sea with large clouds. 

He gained international recognition for his work from 1870 onwards, with the artistic highlight of his career being the Panorama of Scheveningen (1881). 

Famous for her special use of color
Mesdag-van Houten painted still lifes, portraits and landscapes in the area around Scheveningen, in Drenthe and on the Veluwe. She was especially praised for her special use of color and was one of the best-known and most appreciated female artists of her time.

Sientje Mesdag-van Houten, Stilleven met uien, 1881, olieverf op paneel, Museum Panorama Mesdag.
Sientje Mesdag-van Houten, Still life with onions, 1881, oil on panel, Museum Panorama Mesdag.

Artistic highlight

The rooms are a prelude to the world-famous Panorama of Scheveningen. This artistic masterpiece by Hendrik Willem Mesdag can still be seen in the same place where it was painted. It is the oldest panorama worldwide in the original roundabout. 

In the last museum room, a timeline provides an overview of the creation of the Panorama as well as important moments in the lives of the Mesdag-van Houten couple.

Dates and Times

18 March 31 December
Tuesday
10:00 – 17:00
Wednesday
10:00 – 17:00
Thursday
10:00 – 17:00
Friday
10:00 – 17:00
Saturday
10:00 – 17:00
Sunday
10:00 – 17:00
View the current opening hours on the website. Closed on December 25 and January 1.
€ 13,50
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