Petrus van Schendel artwork • painting • previously for sale Market in the evening
Petrus van Schendel
Terheijden 1806-1870 Brussel
1806-1870
Market in the evening
oil on panel 75.3 x 62.5 cm, signed l.l. and painted ca. 1846-1850
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: part. bezit Duitsland.
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.
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