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Visit the museum that is home to the exceptional collection of 19th-century art assembled by the renowned painter Hendrik Willem Mesdag and his wife Sientje.

The Mesdag Collection

The Mesdags

Hendrik Willem Mesdag and his wife Sientje both rose to the challenge and became artists when they were already in their thirties

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Highlights of the collection

From colourful ceramics to artworks of the Barbizon Painters and the Hague School

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The Hague School

What kind of art did the Hague School artists create? And how did Mesdag contribute to their success?