Fishing Boats on the Breakers

Hendrik Willem Mesdag (mentioned on object), 1841 - 1915

  • Artwork typedrawing, aquarel
  • Object numberSK-A-3701
  • Dimensionsheight 48 cm x width 63.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicspenseel in kleuren

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Fishing Boats on the Breakers

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-3701

  • Inscriptions / marks

    signature: ‘HW Mesdag’

Creation

  • Creation

    draftsman (artist): Hendrik Willem Mesdag (mentioned on object), Netherlands

  • Dating

    1841 - 1915

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    penseel in kleuren

  • Dimensions

    height 48 cm x width 63.5 cm

This work is about

  • Subject

Exhibitions

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Mr and Mrs Drucker-Fraser Bequest, Montreux

  • Acquisition

    bequest 1944

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; on loan from Jean Charles Joseph Drucker (1862-1944, Montreux) and Maria Lydia Drucker-Fraser (1886-1944, Montreux), with 204 other drawings, to the museum, 1919;{Note RMA.} by whom bequeathed, with 204 other drawings, to the museum, 1944

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

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