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Panorama Mesdag

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Panorama Mesdag is a cylindrical oil painting by the Dutch artist Hendrik Willem Mesdag, more than fourteen metres high and about forty metres in diameter, depicting the seacoast, beach and village of Scheveningen as they appeared in the late nineteenth century. It is displayed in a purpose-built museum in The Hague, viewed from a central observation platform, with three-dimensional terrain at the base of the gallery concealing where the canvas begins so as to create the illusion that the visitor stands on a dune overlooking the sea. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Year Created
1881 1
Medium
Cylindrical painting (cyclorama) 1
Commissioned By
A Belgian company 1
Classification
Genre
Painting 1
Medium
Medium (category)
Cyclorama 1
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1. Panorama Mesdag (Wikipedia)
  • History
    completed by 1881
  • Lead section
    a cylindrical painting (also known as a cyclorama) more than 14 metres high and about 40 metres in diameter
  • History, commission
    in 1880 he was engaged by a Belgian company to paint the panorama
  • Lead section
    Housed in a purpose-built museum in The Hague, the panorama is a cylindrical painting (also known as a cyclorama) more than 14 metres high and about 40 metres in diameter (120 metres in circumference).
  • Lead
    Housed in a purpose-built museum in The Hague, the panorama is a cylindrical painting (also known as a cyclorama) more than 14 metres high and about 40 metres in diameter (120 metres in circumference).
  • In Form: Painting, lead paragraph
    Panorama of Scheveningen (Dutch: Panorama van Scheveningen), commonly known as Panorama Mesdag, is a panorama by Hendrik Willem Mesdag. Housed in a purpose-built museum in The Hague, the panorama is a cylindrical painting (also kn
  • Created By: Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Wikipedia intro
    Panorama of Scheveningen (Dutch: Panorama van Scheveningen), commonly known as Panorama Mesdag, is a panorama by Hendrik Willem Mesdag.
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