Fishing Boats on the Breakers, Hendrik Willem Mesdag, 1841 - 1915

Identification

Title(s)

Fishing Boats on the Breakers

Object type

drawing

Object number

SK-A-3701

Inscriptions / marks

signature: ‘HW Mesdag’

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: Hendrik Willem Mesdag (mentioned on object)

Place

Netherlands

Dating

1841 - 1915

Material and Technique

Material

Technique

brush

Measurements

height 48 cm × width 63.5 cm

Subject

What

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Mr and Mrs Drucker-Fraser Bequest, Montreux

Acquisition

bequest 1944

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; on loan from Jean Charles Joseph Drucker (1862-1944, Montreux) and Maria Lydia Drucker-Fraser (1886-1944, Montreux), with 204 other drawings, to the museum, 1919;{Note RMA.} by whom bequeathed, with 204 other drawings, to the museum, 1944

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

De aquarel : Nederlandse meesters van de negentiende eeuw, Terry van Druten, Maite van Dijk, John Sillevis, p. 60, afb. 53
Spiegel van Holland : het mooiste van de Haagse School in het Rijksmuseum, Renske Suijver, p. 104, afb.
La escuela de La Haya : obras maestras del Rijksmuseum, Renske Suijver, Gerardo Porto, p. 212-213, afb.
A reflection of Holland : the best of the Hague School in the Rijksmuseum, Renske Suijver, p. 104, afb.
Aquarellen van de Haagse School : de collectie Drucker-Fraser, Wiepke Loos, cat.nr. 106
Hollandse aquarellen uit de 19de eeuw uit het Prentenkabinet, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, John Sillevis, cat.nr. 45

Persistent URL

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