The Buildings of the Asiatic Company, Copenhagen
1902 · Oil on canvas · Statens Museum for Kunst
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864–1916)
- Year
- 1902
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 146.5 × 140.5 cm
- Collection
- Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK), Copenhagen
- Movement
- Symbolism
Two tall lilac-grey buildings with hipped roofs face each other across a gap, joined at street level by a low wing pierced by a single arched gateway, and between them there is nothing but pale grey sky and fog. Rows of white-framed windows are the only detail. Hammershøi found the view near his home in Christianshavn, looking from St Annæ Street toward the Asiatic Company buildings, now the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The National Gallery of Denmark notes that fog this dense is rare there, so the empty gateway was a deliberate choice. He painted it in 1902; the museum acquired it in 1970.
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
Lilac-grey walls, rows of pale windows and an empty sky suit a hallway, stairwell or minimal living room with grey or lavender walls. Pair it with Friedrich's Monk by the Sea and hang this one at 24×36 in a black frame.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Symbolism painting
- Era
- 20th century (1902)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- classic
- Rooms
- living room, hallway or entryway, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×36. 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.
