Self-Portrait. The Cottage Spurveskjul
1911 · Oil on canvas · Statens Museum for Kunst
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864–1916)
- Year
- 1911
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 126 × 149.5 cm
- Collection
- Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK), Copenhagen
- Movement
- Symbolism
Hammershøi turns from his work to look over his shoulder at us, a brush raised at the left edge, his dark jacket almost merging with the mottled violet-grey wall. To the right a glazed door stands open, and through its panes a window with a pale curtain catches the daylight. He painted it in 1911 at Spurveskjul, a cottage at Sorgenfri north of Copenhagen. The National Gallery of Denmark, which acquired it in 1916, notes that he shows himself painting the very canvas we are looking at rather than a picture within the picture, so the work reads as both a portrait and paint on a surface.
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
Muted violet-greys and a pale green door suit a study, studio or home office where someone works. Pair it with Böcklin's Self-Portrait with Death Playing the Fiddle and hang this one at 16×24 in a dark wood frame.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Symbolism painting
- Era
- 20th century (1911)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- intimate
- Rooms
- study or library, home office, 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.
