Sina (Sientje) Van Houten

Place: Groningen

Born: 1834

Death: 1909

Biography:

Sina (Sientje) van Houten (23 December 1834 Groningen – 20 March 1909 The Hague) was the wife of Hendrik Willem Mesdag, the Dutch marine painter of the Hague School, and a painter herself. She was the eldest of seven children of Derk van Houten and Barbara Elisabeth Meihuizen. One of her brothers was later Minister Samuel van Houten. Her father had a large sawmill on the Damsterdiep. She married Hendrik Willem Mesdag in 1864. She was a painter of still lifes and interiors. She was a member of the Pulchri Studio in The Hague. She was also a collector of Japanese art. She was the mother of the painter Anna Mesdag-van Houten.