With their interest in art by female artists, the Mesdags were far ahead of their time. Particularly Sientje played a significant role in supporting female artists.
Female Artists
Thérèse Schwartze
Girl with a Guitar (Theresia Ansingh), 1904
Suze Robertson
Sleeping Girl, in or before 1894
Sientje Mesdag-van Houten
Portrait of Lotte Bisdom-Croiset van der Kop, 1886
Gerardina Jacoba van de Sande Bakhuyzen
Still Life with White Roses, c. 1842-1895
Geesje Mesdag-van Calcar
Still Life with Pansies, 1882
Sientje Mesdag-van Houten
In the Veluwe: the Heath of Bennekom, in or before 1891
Marie Bilders-van Bosse
Winter in Heelsum, c. 1884
Laura Theresa Alma Tadema-Epps
The Mirror, 1872
Margaretha Roosenboom
Still Life with Cauliflower and Endive, in or after 1892