The Beach at Scheveningen

The Beach at Scheveningen

SK-A-3646

signature: ‘J.Bosboom’

Johannes Bosboom discovered the bathing resort of Scheveningen while on holiday in 1873. Until then, the usually sombre artist had mainly painted solemn church interiors. That summer his spirits revived completely, resulting in several works, including this wide panorama. Boats, fishwives, churchgoers, donkeys waiting for rides and on the right, Nieuw-Soetenburgh, a summer residence demolished in 1853, which Bosboom may have copied from an old illustration.

draughtsman: Johannes Bosboom (mentioned on object), Netherlands

1873

penseel in kleuren, waterverf, witte dekverf, zwart krijt

height 355 mm x width 552 mm

Mr and Mrs Drucker-Fraser Bequest, Montreux

bequest 1944

Public domain

…; 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

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