St. Peter's Church, Copenhagen
1906 · Oil on canvas · Statens Museum for Kunst
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864–1916)
- Year
- 1906
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 133 × 118 cm
- Collection
- Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK), Copenhagen
- Movement
- Symbolism
The grey-green spire of St Peter's Church rises above a long nave with ochre tiled roofs, seen from above across a tiled garden wall, with a bare tree on the left and a grey-white sky filling the upper half of the canvas. There is no one in sight, and the haze softens every edge. Hammershøi dated the picture 1906 when he showed it the following year at an exhibition of his paintings at the E. J. van Wisselingh gallery in London. The National Gallery of Denmark acquired it in 1908, and it has since travelled to exhibitions in New York, Toronto and Seattle.
This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Ochre roofs, a grey spire and a misty sky suit a hallway, staircase or study with warm grey or stone walls. Pair it with Van Gogh's The Church at Auvers and hang this one at 24×36 in a dark wood frame.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Symbolism painting
- Era
- 20th century (1906)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- classic
- Rooms
- hallway or entryway, study or library, living room, dining room, dorm 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. 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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A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
