Interior of the Great or German Synagogue in The Hague
Johannes Bosboom (1817 - 1891), c. 1880-1891
oil on panel, 57 cm x 44 cm
Credits: The Mesdag Collection, The Hague
Johannes Bosboom’s church interiors met with great success. He painted the Great, or German, Synagogue in the Wagenstraat in The Hague on several occasions. This building still exists, and now serves as a mosque.
With just a few loose brushstrokes Bosboom here suggests sunlight entering the synagogue. The light is reflected in the chandelier. Mesdag bought this oil sketch shortly after Bosboom’s death from the artist’s estate, together with 8 other unfinished paintings and 86 drawings.
- Object number
- hwm0040
- Dimensions
- 57 cm x 44 cm, 85 cm x 73 cm, 10 cm
- Provenance
- Bequeathed to the heirs of the artist after the artist’s death on 14 September 1891; sold by the heirs of Johannes Bosboom to Hendrik Willem Mesdag, The Hague, possibly during the exhibition at Pulchri Studio, The Hague (Nagelaten werken van J. Bosboom. Schilderijen, teekeningen, studies en schetsen), cat. 58 (Synagogue) or cat. 81 (Synagogue), 1891 or 1892; Collection Museum Mesdag donated by Hendrik Willem Mesdag and Sientje Mesdag-van Houten to the State of the Netherlands, 14 May 1903; Rijksmuseum H.W. Mesdag, The Hague, from 1 August 1903; in trust of the Mauritshuis, The Hague, between 1934 and 1990; in trust of the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, Amsterdam, from 1 April 1990; Museum Mesdag, in trust of the Van Gogh Museum Foundation, Amsterdam, from 1 July 1994, under the name of De Mesdag Collectie from 2011.
- artist
- Johannes Bosboom
- Credits
- The Mesdag Collection, The Hague
Dijk, Maite van, Suijver, Renske, Fitski, M., Smits, C., De Mesdag Collectie, Amsterdam, 2011, p. 62-63
Dijk, Maite van, Suijver, Renske, Fitski, M., Smits, C., The Mesdag Collection, Amsterdam, 2011, p. 62-63, 76
Bodt, Saskia de, Leeman, Fred, Leeuw, Ronald de, Pennock, Hanna, Museum Mesdag : catalogue of paintings and drawings, Zwolle, 1996, p. 111, 358