Jan Mesker artwork • watercolour • drawing • previously for sale The Prince of Orange meeting the Count of Egmond in Willebroek, 1567
Jan Mesker
Den Haag 1843-1890
1843-1890
The Prince of Orange meeting the Count of Egmond in Willebroek, 1567
gouache on paper 25.0 x 30.8 cm, signed l.l. and dated '81
This work on paper was previously for sale.
Provenance: Koninklijke verzamelingen, Paleis Soestdijk, inv.nr. 444; nalatenschap H.K.H. Prinses Juliana (1909-2004), Koningin der Nederlanden van 1948 tot 1980.
Jan Mesker was a student of, among others, Paul Tetar van Elven and was also educated at the 'Teeken-Academie' in The Hague. The artist became known as a history painter and portraitist, but there are also genre scenes by him. Mesker was also a graphic artist and lithographer, among others for the Kunstkronijk. The artist taught his brother Theo Mesker (1853-1849).
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