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In Distress by Hendrik Willem Mesdag

In Distress

Hendrik Willem Mesdag · 1800

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Artist
Hendrik Willem Mesdag
Date
1800
Location
The Mesdag Collection
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Hendrik Willem Mesdag

Hendrik Willem Mesdag, a Dutch marine painter, famously captured the vastness of the North Sea, even creating a monumental 360-degree panorama of Scheveningen.

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