From Christianshavn's Canal, Copenhagen
1905 · Oil on canvas · Statens Museum for Kunst
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864–1916)
- Year
- 1905
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 33.1 × 40.8 cm
- Collection
- Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK), Copenhagen
- Movement
- Symbolism
The bows of three dark sailing ships lie moored side by side, their masts and rigging drawn in quick brown lines that criss-cross a pale sky. Behind them runs a band of orange-brown quayside wall, and the right-hand third of the canvas is left almost bare, the cream ground showing through. Hammershøi painted this small study in 1905 on the canal in Christianshavn, the Copenhagen district where his home stood. It belonged to his widow Ida, then to Karl Madsen and his descendants, and the National Gallery of Denmark acquired it in 2005.
This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Cream, umber and a band of rust-orange suit a hallway, study or coastal room with white or natural plaster walls. Pair it with Whistler's Wapping and hang this one at 24×18 in a black frame.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Symbolism painting
- Era
- 20th century (1905)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Mood
- classic
- Rooms
- hallway or entryway, study or library, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×18. Prints at 16×12, 24×18, 32×24 in — 16×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×18 above a console or sideboard; 32×24 as the statement piece above a sofa or headboard.
Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — black suits the deep tones of this period; dark wood warms it.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
