Vilhelm Hammershøi · 1905

Rest

Name: Rest by Vilhelm Hammershøi
Brand: Chromora
SKU: hammershoi-rest
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Hammershøi's wife Ida seen from behind, her hair coiled into a low bun, her shoulders curved in dark dress against a grey wall. Musée d'Orsay.

Up to 14 × 16 in · portrait

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Format & finish

Archival cotton canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Ready to hang as-is. No external frame.

Scale next to a 5'10" person

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About this painting

The story of Rest

Vilhelm Hammershøi's wife Ida is seen from behind, her hair coiled into a low bun, her shoulders curved in dark dress against the pale grey wall of their Copenhagen apartment at Strandgade 30. Painted in 1905, Rest is the quietest and most-pinned of Hammershøi's interiors — Danish Symbolism at its most introverted. The painting hangs in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris and stands as one of the great images of contemplation in late-19th-century European art.

About the artist

Vilhelm Hammershøi

Vilhelm Hammershøi, often anglicised as Vilhelm Hammershoi, was a Danish painter. He is known for his poetic, subdued portraits and interiors. In 1905, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote of the artist, "Hammershøi is not one of those about whom one can speak quickly. His work is wide-ranging and slow, and at whatever moment one comprehends it, it will always provide an opportunity to talk about what is important and essential in art".

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Biography adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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