Philip Sadée

(The Hague 1837 - 1904)
Les Saurissières (Herring smokers) (Panel from the famous Mesdag studio doors)
Signed lower right
Oil on panel, 38.8 x 54.6 cm (image size) / 46.7 x 61.5 cm (panel size)
Provenance:
- Private collection Hendrik Willem Mesdag (1831-1915), The Hague
- Auction Frederik Muller & Co., Amsterdam, Collection Mesdag, 1916, lot 203 (auction cancelled)
- Private collection Julian Edy Henson, Denver (Colorado) (1916 - 1920)
- American Art Association, New York City, 8 - 10 March 1920, lot 265 (catalogue description attached to the reverse of the panel)
- Private collection, the Netherlands
Note:
Registered at the RKD - Institute for Dutch Art History in The Hague under number 236387.

This panel was once attached to one of the two doors of Mesdag’s house and studio at Laan van Meerdervoort in The Hague. According to Mesdag ‘The doors here are worth treasures; the panels are all painted by friends..’ (NRC, Thursday 22 March, 1906 'Onder de menschen. Een gouden schildersbruiloft.') The panels of the doors were painted by famous contemporaries of Mesdag: Anton Mauve (1838-1888), Willem (1837-1899) and Jacob Maris (1844-1910), Simon van den Berg (1812-1891), Bernard Johannes Blommers (1845-1914), Gerke Henkes (1844-1927), Willem Carel Nakken (1835-1926) and Philip Sadée (see addidtional photo).