Cellar of the Artist’s Home in The Hague, by Johan Hendrik Weissenbruch, 1888
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Cellar of the Artist’s Home in The Hague

Also titled Doorkijkje in het onderhuis van Weissenbruchs woning in Den Haag

Johan Hendrik Weissenbruch (The Hague, 1824–1903)

1888

Medium
canvas, oil paint (paint)
Classification
painting
Dimensions
height 39 cm x width 51 cm
Museum
Rijksmuseum
Credit line
Mr and Mrs Drucker-Fraser Bequest, Montreux
Rights
Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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About this work

On rainy days even a Hague School artist could not work outside. Weissenbruch would then turn to his own house, painting views of the cellar, attic and courtyard. Such paintings allowed him to study the effect of light and the resulting range of colours. A few green cabbage leaves on the tile floor enliven the otherwise subdued palette.