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note of H.W. Mesdag, published in the exhibition catalogue of Corporation Gallery of London, the Guildhall, in 1903; as cited in the catalogue of The American Art Galleries Madison Square South, New York, 3 March 1920
• remark about the painting 'Ramskop' of Matthijs Maris, painted c. 1860, which Mesdag bought and hanged in his house for many years
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That splendid, head, in which everything is said that can be said; color, line, tone, expression; the slightly advanced head, with the soft, almost human eyes, I never enter my studio in the morning without my eye falling upon this creature and wishing it 'Good Morning'.

— Hendrik Willem Mesdag

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "That splendid, head, in which everything is said that can be said; color, line, tone, expression; the slightly advanced head, with the soft, almost human eyes, I never enter my studio in the morning without my eye falling upon this creature and wishing it 'Good Morning'." in the context of "note of H.W. Mesdag, published in the exhibition catalogue of Corporation Gallery of London, the Guildhall, in 1903; as cited in the catalogue of The American Art Galleries Madison Square South, New York, 3 March 1920
• remark about the painting 'Ramskop' of Matthijs Maris, painted c. 1860, which Mesdag bought and hanged in his house for many years" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Hendrik Willem Mesdag

About Hendrik Willem Mesdag

Hendrik Willem Mesdag (23 February 1831 – 10 July 1915) was a Dutch marine painter and important artist of the Hague School. seascapes and views of the beach at Scheveningen with fishing boats. In The Hague he painted the famous Panorama Mesdag with the support of his wife Sientje Mesdag van Houten and some other young artists.