Het trappenhuis van de Londense woning van de schilder

Het trappenhuis van de Londense woning van de schilder

Invited by Sir John Murray, Utrecht portrait and genre painter Pieter Christoffel Wonder moved to London in 1828 for a period of seven years. The paintings from this period are the best in his oeuvre. The painting of the staircase in his own residence dates back to this period. He has hidden a clue of the location and his signature in the address attached to the game on the small table. The use of perspective in this painting makes it a masterpiece, especially with the light that flows into the room from different angles creating beautiful nuances of colour.

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Invited by Sir John Murray, Utrecht portrait and genre painter Pieter Christoffel Wonder moved to London in 1828 for a period of seven years. The paintings from this period are the best in his oeuvre. The painting of the staircase in his own residence dates back to this period. He has hidden a clue of the location and his signature in the address attached to the game on the small table. The use of perspective in this painting makes it a masterpiece, especially with the light that flows into the room from different angles creating beautiful nuances of colour.

Now in the museum in Collectie Centraal

Title

Het trappenhuis van de Londense woning van de schilder

Artist

Pieter Christoffel Wonder (Utrecht 1777 - 1852 Amsterdam)

Dating

1828

Material and technique

olieverf op doek

Object number

19775

Object type

schilderij

Acquisition

aankoop 1975

Dimensions

hoogte 71.4 cm

breedte 57.2 cm

hoogte (met lijst) 82.4 cm

breedte (met lijst) 68.5 cm

Inscriptions and markings

  • signatuur en opschrift recto l.o. (op etiketje aan hazenpoot) : from // Stidbourn // [...] // P.C. Wonder // 35 Gt. Marlbor[.] St.

  • signatuur en datering verso op spieraam : Vieuw in the Entrance of Mr Wonders lodging // at 35. G[t] Marlborough st // painted on the Spot. 1828

More of the same motif

genre, interieur

Remarks

Het schilderij toont het trappenhuis van Wonders woonhuis in Londen, 35 Marlborough Street (tegenwoordig nr. 40)

Documentation

  • "Kijk maar, er staat niet wat er staat", (Utrecht, 1976), p. 6, afb.

  • Auf der Suche nach den goldenen Zeitalter, (Haarlem, 1986), p. 130-131, cat. nr. 69 met afb.

  • Centraal Museum Utrecht : overzicht 1972-1981, Afdeling Educatie en Voorlichting, (Utrecht, 1983), pp. 21-22, afb. p. 21

Exhibitions

  • Collectie Centraal, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2023

  • De wereld van Utrecht. Topstukken uit vijf collecties, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2016 - 2022

  • Een Utrechter in Londen. P.C. Wonder, romantisch schilder (1777-1852), Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2015 - 2016

Persistent url

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https://hdl.handle.net/21.12130/collect.9C3E5773-6EB1-493B-B938-C4ECAFBD53B2

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