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The poultry vendor
1863
- Medium
- oil on wood panel
- Measurements
- 36.3 × 45.3 cm
- Inscription
- inscribed in brown paint l.c.: P. van Schendel / 1863
- Accession Number
- p.301.3-1
- Department
- International Painting
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased by the Commissioners for Fine Arts for Victoria, 1864
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- 19th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International - About this work
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Petrus van Schendel was called ‘Candlelight van Schendel’ as he specialised in creating effects of artificial lighting in his paintings. Lamps, torches and candles illuminate the figures in his works, which are often set in outdoor markets. The Art Journal of 1867 described a visit to van Schendel’s studio, where one room was kept candle-lit to test effects of light for his paintings.
- Subjects (general)
- Animals Daily Life Human Figures
- Subjects (specific)
- candles darkness ducks (birds) geese markets (events) poultry street vendors
- Provenance
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With Ernest Gambart (dealer), London, 1864; from where purchased, by Sir Charles Eastlake, for the NGV, 1864.
Exhibited Fine Arts Gallery (Compartment 10), Intercolonial Exhibition, Melbourne, 1866, no. 318.
