Study for Panorama of Scheveningen
Hendrik Willem Mesdag (1831 - 1915), Scheveningen, 1880
oil on canvas, 32 cm x 230 cm
Credits: The Mesdag Collection, The Hague
Mesdag made various preparatory studies for his large panorama of the dunes of Scheveningen. At the beach he would take notes and make drawings in a sketchbook. He described the colours, the light, and the current weather conditions. For instance, he noted: ‘the tonality of the sea is a slate grey.’,
In order to try out the colours and light effects in oil paint, Mesdag painted this study in the spring of 1880. He also had photographs taken from his vantage point on the Seinpost Dune to ensure an accurate rendering of the perspective. He completed the Panorama of Scheveningena little more than a year later, and it was opened to the public in the summer of 1881.
- Object number
- hwm0227
- Dimensions
- 32 cm x 230 cm, 51 cm x 249 cm, 7 cm x 73.5 cm, 280.5 cm x 17 cm
- Provenance
- Collection Museum Mesdag donated by Hendrik Willem Mesdag and Sientje Mesdag-van Houten, The Hague, 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
- Hendrik Willem Mesdag
- Credits
- The Mesdag Collection, The Hague
The Hague, De Mesdag Collectie, Samen in de schijnwerpers. De Mesdags in hun museum, 31 March-9 July 2023
The Hague, De Mesdag Collectie, Heden. Haags Mesdag (De Kunst van het Tentoonstellen), 25 August-8 October 2017
The Hague, De Mesdag Collectie, Natuur in beeld. Fotografie ontmoet schilderkunst in de 19de eeuw, 5 March-5 June 2016
Passariano, Villa Manin di Passariano, L'età di Courbet e Monet, 26 September 2009-7 March 2010
The Hague, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, De Haagse School en de jonge Van Gogh, 5 February-16 May 2005
Reynaerts, Jenny, Spiegel van de werkelijkheid : 19de-eeuwse schilderkunst in Nederland, [Amsterdam], 2019, p. 236, 238-239
Reynaerts, Jenny, Mirror of reality : 19th-century painting in the Netherlands, [Amsterdam], 2019, p. 236, 238-239
Dijk, Maite van, Suijver, Renske, Fitski, M., Smits, C., De Mesdag Collectie, Amsterdam, 2011, p. 14, 26-27
Dijk, Maite van, Suijver, Renske, Fitski, M., Smits, C., The Mesdag Collection, Amsterdam, 2011, p. 14, 26-27
Bodt, Saskia de, Leeman, Fred, Leeuw, Ronald de, Pennock, Hanna, Museum Mesdag : catalogue of paintings and drawings, Zwolle, 1996, p. 306-307, 356
Uitert, Evert van, Tussen bomschuiten en strandstoelen, p. 8-9