It may be the best-known painting of the famous Dutch painter Hendrik Willem Mesdag: Panorama Mesdag. This painting, that makes you feel like you are standing on a watchtower, seeing the unique representation of late 19th century Scheveningen.As Rembrandt is associated with Amsterdam and Vermeer with Delft, so Mesdag is associated with The Hague. Mesdag was born in Groningen in 1831 and later moved to The Hague with his wife Sientje. He was considered an influential man in the art world of The Hague. He was not only an important painter, but also an art collector and a member of the board of the Hollandse Teekenmaatschappij (Dutch drawing association). Mesdag mostly painted sea views and spent a lot of time in Scheveningen. Mesdag collected many paintings in the course of his life, which today are on display in the The Mesdag Collection museum.