Hendrik Willem Mesdag (Groningen 1831 - The Hague 1915) Scheveningse bommen op zee (A fishing fleet)Signed lower right Watercolour on paper, 48.3 x 70.6 cm Provenance: - Auction Sotheby Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 29 October 1984, lot 166 - Auction Christie's, Amsterdam, 27 October 1998, lot 221 - Private collection, the Netherlands Literature: J. Poort, R. Jansen, Hendrik Willem Mesdag (1831-1915), Oeuvrecatalogus, Stichting Mesdag Documentatie, Wassenaar, 1989, p. 427, cat. no. A14.05 (ill.)