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 exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. 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
- Exhibition poster of a Symbolism painting
- Era
- 20th century (1907)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- intimate
- Rooms
- kitchen, study or library, living room, dining room, dorm 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. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.
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
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A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
