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Strandgade, Sunshine
About the Artwork
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.
Inscriptions
Artist's signature: "V Hammershoi" (lower right), in black paint
Provenance
by 1916: Winkel & Magnussen, Copenhagen, Denmark by 1918: Dr. Axel Heine [1870–1943], Copenhagen, Denmark November 5, 1945: (Sold at Winkel & Magnussen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Heine sale, November 5, 1945, lot 474) March 14, 1989: (Sold at Sotheby’s, London, lot 48, March 14, 1989, to Lance and Roberta Entwistle, London) 2001: (Sold by Entwistle Gallery, London, to Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH) 2020: Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH, promised gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art
Exhibition history
Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Vilhelm Hammershøi (Danish, 1864–1916)
- Date
- c. 1906
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Unframed: 50.5 x 56.2 cm (19 7/8 x 22 1/8 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
- Accession no.
- 2023.38
More by Vilhelm Hammershøi in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00009471
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