Petrus van Schendel artwork • painting • previously for sale Selling game at the Groenmarkt in The Hague, by night
Petrus van Schendel
Terheijden 1806-1870 Brussel
1806-1870
Selling game at the Groenmarkt in The Hague, by night
oil on panel 45.0 x 30.3 cm, signed l.r. and executed ca. 1868
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: kunsthandelaar P.L. Everard, Londen, door wie rechtstreeks van de kunstenaar verworven op 1 mei 1868; part. Bezit Groot-Brittannië.
Literature: Ingelies Vermeulen e.a., 'Nachtlicht. De schilders van het nieuwe licht 1880-1940', Haarlem 2010, afb. in kleur pag. 41, pag. 126. Jan M.M. de Meere, 'Petrus van Schendel (1806-1870). Een leven tussen licht en donker', Leiden 2012, pag. 167 en afb. 186 (in kleur).
Exhibited: Breda's Museum, Breda, 'Petrus van Schendel: meester van het avondlicht', 10 nov. 2012-17 febr. 2013; Luxemburg, Musée d'Art de la Ville de Luxembourg Villa Vauban, 'Les couleurs de la nuit. Le peintre Petrus van Schendel (1806-1870)', 9 maart-16 juni 2013.
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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