OF MESDAG COLLECTED
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Museum with interesting collections of late and early century paintings, housed in a beautiful, historic house.
From the magnificent Peace Palace, it is only a few minutes walk (past the French Embassy) to the Mesdag Museum, now renamed the Mesdag Collection, which presents interesting collections of late 19th and early 20th century paintings. Hendrik Willem Mesdag (1831-1915), who was not only a painter but also a passionate collector and banker, had this museum built in 1887 to house the paintings in his collection. The Hague School (works by Israëls, Roelofs, the Maris brothers and Mauve) and the Barbizon School (works by Corot, Millet, Daubigny and Rousseau) are particularly well represented here, making this the largest Barbizon collection outside France. The collection was bequeathed to the State in 1903, as well as the neighboring house where Mesdag lived and which, now restored, is open to the public. This museum allows you to dive into a fascinating and double universe, that of a visionary artist, passionate about Scheveningen, but also of a visionary collector. The collection also includes vases and various heterogeneous objects and the presentation and decoration of the rooms is very successful. The museum is also anchored in the present with exhibitions of contemporary art. The garden, with its beautiful deckchairs, is particularly pleasant and so is the café. A visit to the museum must be combined with a visit to Panorama Mesdag, which is just a few steps away. In the summer it is possible to have a picnic in the museum garden (if you book in advance).
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