Hendrik Willem Mesdag (1831-1915)

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Hendrik Willem Mesdag (1831-1915)

'After the naval review', 18 September 1898 - a study

unframed
48 x 78 cm

Executed 1898

Literature

Compare with the picture by H W Mesdag of the identical subject,
now in Panorama Mesdag, The Hague (cf. literature - Ir J. Poort,
Hendrik Willem Mesdag (1831-1915) Oeuvrecatalogus, 1989,
cat. no. 1898-4, p.256 (illus.), p. 262 (colourillus.) and p. 109)

Lot Essay

A naval review was held on 15 September 1989 in honour of Queen Wilhelmina's coronation.
Mesdag recorded this on four large canvases depicting various episodes of this event

See illustration

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