# Strandgade, Sunshine

- By: Vilhelm Hammershøi (Danish, 1864–1916)
- Date: c. 1906
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Unframed: 50.5 x 56.2 cm (19 7/8 x 22 1/8 in.)
- Culture: Denmark
- Credit line: Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/2023.38)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2023.38/2023.38_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

One of Denmark’s most celebrated artists, Vilhelm Hammershøi was a painter of quiet spaces, mystery, and silence. Among his most memorable works are paintings of his apartment at 30 Strandgade in Copenhagen, here seen with the sun shining through a window, illuminating the floor and door to the right, while a woman stands in the shadows. The nearly empty room, muted tones, and closed door next to a window evoke a haunting mood filled with psychological complexity.