Moonlight, Strandgade 30

Vilhelm Hammershøi, 1900

$259

Size

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After you order

What happens next

1An artist is assigned. Your painting goes to one of our painters as soon as the order is in.

2It is painted. Oil on canvas, layer by layer. 3 to 4 weeks.

3The approval promise. We send you a photo of the finished painting before it ships, and we change anything that is not right.

4It ships tracked. 4 to 10 working days to most countries, door to door.

The painting

Moonlight, Strandgade 30

A room at Strandgade 30 lit only by moonlight, with the window shapes falling across the floor and walls.The original, painted around 1900 to 1906, is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.Painted by hand in oil after you order, with a photo of the finished canvas for your approval before it ships.

About the original

Painted in: 1900
Original size: 41 × 51.1 cm (16.1 × 20.1 in)
Where it hangs: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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Detail

Specification

Medium	Oil on canvas
Painting size
Framed size
Frame
Orientation
Dominant colour
Arrives	Rolled, ready for local framing
Packed	Rolled in a protective tube
Turnaround	3 to 4 weeks, then delivery

The hand behind it

Vilhelm Hammershøi

Vilhelm Hammershøi painted almost nothing but quiet: grey rooms, closed white doors, a woman seen from behind, a patch of light lying on a bare floor. For more than ten years his subject was one flat, at Strandgade 30 in the old Christianshavn quarter of Copenhagen, which he shared with his wife Ida.He kept to a narrow range of greys, whites and soft browns and left out most of what a room usually holds. When a person appears it is usually Ida, turned away from us, reading or standing at a table. He is often compared with Vermeer, whose interiors he knew, but his rooms are emptier and stiller, closer to a held breath than a story.Hammershøi was well known across Europe in his lifetime, faded from view after his death in 1916 and was rediscovered in the 1990s, when large exhibitions in Paris and New York brought him back.

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Looking after it

Care and hanging

Keep it out of direct sun. Oil paint and varnish yellow and crack under prolonged UV. An interior wall away from a south-facing window is ideal.

Dust it, do not clean it. A dry, soft brush once or twice a year. No water, no sprays, no cleaning products.

Avoid damp and heat. Not above a radiator, not in a bathroom. Canvas expands and contracts with humidity.

Hang it at eye level. The centre of the painting about 145 cm (57 in) from the floor, on two fixings so it sits level.

Before you buy

Questions

How is the finish priced?

The price you see is the painting at the size you chose, in the finish you chose, and it updates as you change either. Rolled arrives in a protective tube, ready for local framing. Stretched arrives on wooden bars, ready to hang. Framed arrives in its frame, ready to hang. Stretched and framed go up to 60 × 90 cm (24 × 36 in); larger paintings travel rolled.

How long does it take?

Painting begins after you order and takes 3 to 4 weeks, including drying and the photo you approve. Delivery then takes 4 to 10 working days to most countries. More on delivery times.

Will it look exactly like the original?

It is painted by a person, so no. Brushwork varies between copies, which is the difference between a painting and a poster.

What if I do not like it?

Ninety days from delivery, full refund.

Can I get Moonlight, Strandgade 30 in a different size or shape?

Yes. Moonlight, Strandgade 30 is painted to the size you want, in the original’s proportions, or adapted to another shape on request. Stretched and framed go up to 60 x 90 cm (24 x 36 in). The original measures 41 x 51.1 cm (16.1 x 20.1 in).

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