back

Petrus van Schendel artwork • painting • for sale At the evening market

Schendel P. van | Petrus van Schendel | Paintings offered for sale | At the evening market, oil on panel 17.5 x 20.0 cm, signed u.r. and painted ca. 1862

Petrus van Schendel

Terheijden 1806-1870 Brussel

1806-1870

At the evening market
oil on panel 17.5 x 20.0 cm, signed u.r. and painted ca. 1862

This painting is for sale.

Price: € 12,500

question / reaction

Tags:

#Petrus van Schendel #paintings #Belgian Romanticism #Romanticism #candlelight #evening #figure #market #nocturne #woman

Petrus van Schendel

Terheijden 1806-1870 Brussel

At the evening market
oil on panel 17.5 x 20.0 cm, signed u.r. and painted ca. 1862

Literature: vgl.: Jan M.M. de Meere, 'Petrus van Schendel (1806-1870). Een leven tussen licht en donker, Leiden 2012, afb. pag, 161 (De groenmarkt te Den Haag bij kaarslicht).

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.