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Petrus van Schendel artwork • painting • for sale A moonlit market in The Hague

Schendel P. van | Petrus van Schendel | Paintings offered for sale | A moonlit market in The Hague, oil on canvas 66.5 x 51.2 cm, executed 1855-1860
Schendel P. van | Petrus van Schendel | Paintings offered for sale | A moonlit market in The Hague, oil on canvas 66.5 x 51.2 cm, executed 1855-1860

Petrus van Schendel

A moonlit market in The Hague
oil on canvas 66.5 x 51.2 cm, executed 1855-1860

This painting is for sale.

Price: € 12,000

Provenance: part. bezit Verenigde Staten.
Literature: Igor Minakov, 'Petrus van Schendel, life and work', St. Petersburg 2018, afb. pag. 112-113.

Belgian-Dutch painter Petrus van Schendel achieved great renown with his moonlit landscapes and night market scenes, which featured candles and open fires as the only light sources. The genre was a response to romantic collectors’ fascination for darkness and the mysterious forces of nature. People were so amazed by his candlelit scenes that they earned him the nickname of ‘Monsieur Chandelle’ in France. Van Schendel also painted biblical scenes, as well as several portraits.


Petrus van Schendel | Maid at a poultry stall, oil on panel, 39.8 x 32.7 cm, executed ca. 1845-1850

Petrus van Schendel

painting • for sale

Maid at a poultry stall


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