Rijksmuseum

Het strand van Scheveningen

Date

1873

Medium

paper, deck paint, watercolor (paint), chalk

Culture

Netherlands

Institution

Rijksmuseum

Johannes Bosboom discovered the bathing resort of Scheveningen while on holiday in 1873. Until then, the usually sombre artist had mainly painted solemn church interiors. That summer his spirits revived completely, resulting in several works, including this wide panorama. Boats, fishwives, churchgoers, donkeys waiting for rides and on the right, Nieuw-Soetenburgh, a summer residence demolished in 1853, which Bosboom may have copied from an old illustration.

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