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Mesdag Panorama Description
At Zeestraat 65B is the Mesdag Panorama, the largest of its kind in the world. Housed in a rotunda, this gigantic picture, 120m/130yd long by 14m/45ft high, was painted by H. W. Mesdag and his wife Sientje Mesdag-Van Houten, together with G. H. Breitner, B. J. Blommers and Th. de Bock. It depicts Scheveningen as it was around 1880, with charming views of the sea, the beach and the dunes. Panoramas, the "cinema of the 19th century", were the first optical medium designed to create an illusion of three-dimensional effect. The circular painting is indirectly lit from above, the light source remaining out of sight. Between the picture and the spectator is an intervening area - in this case dune sand - with real objects or mock-ups of real
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Hobbies & Activities category: Significant work of art;  Paintings, art collections
Address
Mesdag Panorama
Zeestraat 65
Postbus 85426
The Hague, Zuid-Holland 2508 CD
Netherlands
Hours
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open10:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:0012:00
Closed17:0017:0017:0017:0017:0017:0017:00
Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Cost
Adult6.00 Euros
Senior over 655.00 Euros
Students5.00 Euros
Child 13 & under2.50 Euros
Child 3 & underFREE
Facilities
Gift shop
Restaurant or food service
Transit
Tram: 7, 8; Bus: 4, 5, 13, 22.
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