Petrus van Schendel - Buying Fruit and Vegetables at the Night Market[1863]

Petrus van Schendel - Buying Fruit and Vegetables at the Night Market [1863], a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.

Petrus van Schendel (1806 - 1870) specialised in nocturnal Dutch market scenes, exploring the effects the soft light had upon his subjects, as a result he was named Monsieur Chandelle by the French. Born at Terheyden near Breda in 1806, he studied at the Antwerp Academy under Mathieu-Ignace van Breen (1773-1839), a painter of historical subjects. He then worked in Amsterdam for two years before moving to Rotterdam in 1832 where he remained until 1838. He resided in The Hague until his death in Brussels in 1870.

[Oil on panel, 25.5 X 19.75 inches]