In Groningen [where Mesdag stayed till 1866] I also lived at the harbour, and I always used to chat with those skippers. Afterwards Willem Roelofs and Tadema taught me a lot, in the years from '66 to '69 in Brussels. (translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "In Groningen [where Mesdag stayed till 1866] I also lived at the harbour, and I always used to chat with those skippers. Afterwards Willem Roelofs and Tadema taught me a lot, in the years from '66 to '69 in Brussels. (translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)" in the context of "(original Dutch: citaat van Hendrik Willem Mesdag, in het Nederlands:) In Groningen woonde ik ook aan de haven, en 'k scharrelde er altijd met die schippers. Daarna hebben Roelofs en Tadema me veel geleerd, in de jaren van '66 tot '69 in Brussel..
 • Quote of Mesdag; as cited by nl:Marie Joseph Brusse, in his article 'Onder de menschen. Een gouden schilders-bruiloft', in Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant', 11 March, 1906" to mean that wisdom is timeless.