# Lighthouse in Breaking Waves

- By: Hendrik Willem Mesdag (Groningen (stad), 1831–1915)
- Date: c. 1900 - c. 1907
- Medium: panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 52 cm x width 40 cm
- Credit line: J.B.A.M. Westerwoudt Bequest, Haarlem
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-2280--e9b43b0883a7826bcaf02e0fdd8af35a)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/eJMyh/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

From 1870 the fishing village of Scheveningen grew rapidly into a modern seaside resort. Mesdag, however, rarely depicted the boulevard, or the new harbour that was built in 1904. He preferred to paint the traditional life of fishermen. This picture is an exception: a light-house, or rather a beacon. Signal lights, piers and the lighthouse were installed in Scheveningen only in the early 20th century.