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Breakers on the North Sea
Hendrik Willem Mesdag, 1870

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Breakers on the North Sea

Hendrik Willem Mesdag (1831 - 1915), 1870

oil on canvas, 90 cm x 180.5 cm
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (gift of J. Poort)


Mesdag made his artistic debut with this painting in the 1870 Paris Salon, at the time the most prestigious annual exhibition of contemporary art. To everyone’s surprise, Mesdag – who had only been active as a painter for four years – won a gold medal and thus international recognition.

See also:

  • 1860 - 1870
  • painting
  • seascape
  • Hendrik Willem Mesdag

Object number
s0494S1999
Credits
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (gift of J. Poort)
Dimensions
90cm x 180.5cm, 130.5cm x 221.5cm, 16cm