Read the stories about Hendrik Willem Mesdag, his wife Sientje Mesdag- van Houten and their collection.
The Mesdags and their collection
The Barbizon Painters
The magic of an unpolished painting style
Colenbrander and applied arts
More than just paintings
The Hague School
Mesdag and his colleagues
A museum of their own
The Mesdags’ life's work
The Mesdags
The artists Hendrik Willem Mesdag and Sientje Mesdag- van Houten
Highlights of the collection
Discover the collection highlights