Louis Johan Hendrik Meijer (1809-1866) coastal painting of ships at sea. Oil on canvas. With Christie's label verso. Signed lower left. Sight size: 12 x 15.25 inches. Overall size: 18.25 x 21.5 inches. At an early age he became a pupil of Dutch painters George Pieter Westenberg and Jan Wilhelm Pienerman. Later, he studied at the Amsterdam Academy where he collaborated with Joseph Jodocus Moerenhout. Painting in oils, Meijer also studied in Paris and was active in France between 1827-30 and again in 1841-46. He exhibited at the Paris salon and was awarded the legion of honor in Paris in 1847. He returned to Holland in 1847 where he settled in the Hague.