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Hendrik Willem Mesdag

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Painting of fishing boats with brown sails in choppy surf, with fishermen and women carrying baskets on the wet sand.

Fishing Pinks in Breaking Waves

c. 1875 - c. 1885

Oil painting of a lit lighthouse on dark pilings amid crashing waves under a stormy gray sky with birds.

Lighthouse in Breaking Waves

c. 1900 - c. 1907

Painting of a choppy grey sea under cloudy sky with a boat, a figure in red wading, and distant sails.

Weigh Anchor

Painting of a calm sea with a fishing boat, a wading figure, and a distant sailboat under a soft cloudy sky.

Calm Sea

1860

Oil portrait of an elderly man with white mustache in dark suit and bow tie, with a coat of arms in the upper right.

Menno David Graaf van Limburg Stirum (1807-91)

1874

Oil portrait of an elderly woman in black dress, white lace collar and lace cap, hands clasped, against a dark background.

Maria Hermina Heemskerk (1827-1908). Spouse of Menno David Graaf van Limburg Stirum

1887

Painting of a glowing lighthouse on a pier amid crashing waves and a stormy grey sky, with seagulls overhead.

Lighthouse in the Surf

1860

Painting of fishing boats at anchor on calm water with women walking on wet sand under a pastel sunset sky.

Fishing Boats from Scheveningen Anchored

1860

Painting of fishing boats in choppy surf with women gathering baskets of fish on a quay under a cloudy sky.

Pinks in the Surf

1875

Watercolor of brown-sailed fishing boats in choppy surf under a heavy grey sky, with seagulls and distant ships.

Fishing Boats in the Surf

1841

Painting of sailing fishing boats at anchor on calm water under a glowing orange sunset with layered clouds.

Sunset at Scheveningen: A Fleet of Fishing Vessels at Anchor

1894

Oil portrait of an elderly man with white mustache in dark suit and bow tie, gold watch chain, coat of arms at upper right.

Menno David Graaf van Limburg Stirum (1807-91). Adjudant des konings, luitenant-generaal

1874

Painting of a calm sea with a fishing boat, distant sailboats, and a wading figure under a soft overcast sky.

Kalme zee

1860

Painting of brown-sailed fishing boats at anchor on calm tidal flats, with women walking in the foreground under a pale eveni

Bluff-Bowed Scheveningen Boats at Anchor

1860

Oil portrait of an elderly woman in black with white lace collar and lace cap, hands folded, against a dark background.

Maria Hermina Heemskerk (1827-1908). Echtgenote van Menno David Graaf van Limburg Stirum

1887

Dusky painting of a moored sailing boat with nets, figures on deck, a horse and cart at the shore, and clouds overhead.

Evening

1846

Painting of fishing boats with masts and pennants moored in shallow water beside a beach where people gather under a cloudy s

Hollands strandgezicht

1878

Grey stormy seascape with a small boat struggling in rough waves under a heavy overcast sky, painted in 1895.

In gevaar

1895

Loose oil sketch of several dark-sailed boats on choppy grey sea under a stormy sky with pale clouds.

Stormy sea

1846

Painting of workers and steam locomotives building a harbour dike beside calm water, with a sailing boat and windmill.

Building the new harbour at Enkhuizen

1885

Painting of a harbour at dusk with a steamship beside a wooden pier, small sailboats on dark water, and heavy clouds.

Harbour at Vlissingen

1887

Painting of brown-sailed boats on choppy sea under a glowing orange sunset with heavy clouds and seagulls.

Sunset with stormy sea

1895

Painting of three sailing boats on calm water under a crescent moon, with orange-lit clouds above the horizon.

Moonlit night

1895

Stormy North Sea with rough grey-green waves, seagulls over the water, a distant sailing boat, and a heavy overcast sky.

Branding op de Noordzee

1870

Oil painting of a dark fishing boat with a red sail beached on sand, with calm sea and distant sailboats beyond.

De bomschuit Prinses Sophie op het strand in Scheveningen

1870

Painting of fishing boats with brown sails on calm water at sunset, with a wading figure in the foreground.

Sunset on the Dutch coast

1875

Painting of two sailing boats on a beach with women in shawls, a horse and cart, and surf under a cloudy sky.

Strandgezicht

1881

Painting of a golden sunset over calm sea, with two shrimp fishermen pulling a net in the shallows and distant sailboats.

Zonsondergang met garnalenvissers

1902

Snowy beach scene of workers repairing a wooden fishing boat on scaffolding, with a campfire and village in the distance.

Caulking

1874

Painting of a sailing boat on calm water at sunset, with a glowing sun and golden reflections under a cloudy sky.

Marine

1890

Etching of two sailing boats in rough seas, one heeled over with crew on deck, under a pale sky.

Marine Scene

1879

Watercolor of a brown-sailed boat in shallow water with a second boat and seagulls under an overcast sky.

Bomschuit being pulled onto the beach

1841

Pencil sketch of a harbor with a steamship labeled Zeeland, masted boats, smoking funnels and small rowboats.

Vlootschouw ter gelegenheid van de inhuldiging van koningin Wilhelmina, 1898

1898

Charcoal drawing of several sailing ships on rough water under a dark, cloudy sky with a moon at upper right.

Sails

1908

Pencil sketch of a farmhouse and barn along a shaded dirt path, with tall trees and a small figure walking.

Gezicht op een boerderij

1841