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De Mesdag Collectie
Collection highlights

French art

The Mesdags collected a great deal of art by Barbizon School painters and other French masters. Discover the highlights from this collection.

Charles François Daubigny

Cliffs at Villerville-sur-Mer, 1864-1872

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Chalk Cliffs near Yport, 1872

Théodore Rousseau

Massacre of the Innocents, 1847

Emile Adélard Breton

The Crows, 1870

Charles François Daubigny

Sunset near Villerville, c. 1876

Jules Dupré

Herfst,Autumn, c. 1865

Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña

In the Forest of Fontainebleau, 1865-1870

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Abandoned Quarry, c. 1850

Jean-François Millet

Hagar and Ishmael, 1848-1849

Georges Michel

Three Windmills, c. 1814-1843

Jean-François Millet

Vineyard Labourer Resting, 1869

Gustave Courbet

Still Life with Apples, 1872

Gustave Courbet

Portrait, c. 1849-1863

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps

Watchdogs, c. 1829

Charles Émile Jacque

Landscape with Sheep, c. 1870

Théodore Rousseau

The Crooked Tree at the Carrefour de l'Epine, 1852

The collection online

Delve into the entire online collection