Petrus van Schendel (Dutch, 1806-1870)

Conversing in the kitchen

Details

Petrus van Schendel (Dutch, 1806-1870)
Conversing in the kitchen
signed 'P. vanSchendel.fecit.' (lower right)
oil on panel
19 7/8 x 25 ¾ in. (50.5 x 65.3 cm.)

Provenance

Jacob Neveu.
His sale; de Vries en Roos, Amsterdam, 5 April 1837, lot 174.
Mrs. B. Hoos, The Hague.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, London, 28 February 1973, lot 122.
with Frost & Reed, London (inv. no. 49870S), 1975.

Literature

J. M.M. de Meere, Petrus van Schendel (1806-1870). Een leven tussen licht en donker, Leiden, 2012, pp. 73-74 (illustrated)

Exhibited

Rotterdam, Tentoonstellung van werken van Levende Meesters, 1836, no. 202, as Een Hollandse Keuken met fig. en bijwerk.

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Lot Essay

As was Van Schendel’s practice at that time, a drawing of the present composition can be found in the artist’s Liber Veritatis which served as a record of his works between 1835 and 1838 (J. M.M. de Meere, op cit., p. 74, (illustrated).

We would like to thank Jan de Meere for his kind assistance in cataloguing this lot.

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