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The '''Mesdag Collection''' is an art museum in [[The Hague]], [[Netherlands]]. |
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The museum is housed next to the former house of the Dutch painter [[Hendrik Willem Mesdag]] and shows the art Mesdag and his wife [[Sina van Houten]] have collected from 1866 to 1903. It features work of the painters of the [[Hague School]] like [[Willem Roelofs]] and [[Anton Mauve]] and work of the French [[Barbizon School]] ([[Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot]], [[Théodore Rousseau]], [[Jean-François Millet]], [[Charles-François Daubigny]] and [[Eugène Delacroix]] and paintings of [[Lawrence Alma-Tadema]]. There is also a large collection of [[Japanese art]] and Japanese craftwork ([[pottery]]) on show. This all is shown in a typical 19th-century setting. |
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The museum was closed for renovation until Spring 2011. On 14 May 2011 it was re-opened and renamed "The Mesdag Collection". |
The museum was closed for renovation until Spring 2011. On 14 May 2011 it was re-opened and renamed from "Museum Mesdag" to "The Mesdag Collection". |
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The [[Panorama Mesdag]] is housed in different premises within easy walking distance from The Mesdag Collection. |
The [[Panorama Mesdag]] is housed in different premises within easy walking distance from The Mesdag Collection. |
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== External links == |
== External links == |
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050404063354/http://www. |
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050404063354/http://www.demesdagcollectie.nl/De Mesdag Collectie] |
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[[Category:Art museums and galleries in the Netherlands|Mesdag, Museum]] |
[[Category:Art museums and galleries in the Netherlands|Mesdag, Museum]] |
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[[Category:Biographical museums in the Netherlands|Mesdag, Hendrik Willem]] |
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[[Category:Museums in The Hague|Mesdag, Museum]] |
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[[Category:Historic house museums in the Netherlands]] |
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Revision as of 17:40, 31 March 2018
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The Mesdag Collection is an art museum in The Hague, Netherlands.
The museum is housed next to the former house of the Dutch painter Hendrik Willem Mesdag and shows the art Mesdag and his wife Sina van Houten have collected from 1866 to 1903. It features work of the painters of the Hague School like Willem Roelofs and Anton Mauve and work of the French Barbizon School (Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, Théodore Rousseau, Jean-François Millet, Charles-François Daubigny and Eugène Delacroix and paintings of Lawrence Alma-Tadema. There is also a large collection of Japanese art and Japanese craftwork (pottery) on show. This all is shown in a typical 19th-century setting.
The museum was closed for renovation until Spring 2011. On 14 May 2011 it was re-opened and renamed from "Museum Mesdag" to "The Mesdag Collection".
The Panorama Mesdag is housed in different premises within easy walking distance from The Mesdag Collection.
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