Ida Hammershøi, the Artist's Wife, with a Teacup
1907 · Oil on canvas · Statens Museum for Kunst
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864–1916)
- Year
- 1907
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 91 × 73.5 cm
- Collection
- Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK), Copenhagen
- Movement
- Symbolism
Ida Hammershøi sits at a white-covered table in a plain black dress, stirring a small white cup on its saucer and looking off to the left with a still, unsmiling face. The background is flat grey, and a dark brown band runs round all four edges of the canvas like a painted frame. Hammershøi married Ida Ilsted in 1891 and she appears in many of his pictures. He painted this portrait in 1907; one scholar regards it as a study for his portrait of Ida in the Aarhus Kunstmuseum. It entered the National Gallery of Denmark in 1916, the year of the painter's death.
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
Grey, black and one white teacup make a quiet portrait for a kitchen, breakfast room or study with pale walls. Pair it with Whistler's Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 and hang this one at 16×24 in a dark wood frame.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Symbolism painting
- Era
- 20th century (1907)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- intimate
- Rooms
- kitchen, study or library, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
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.
