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Description: | Signed: yes Description: The Belgian artist Petrus van Schendel was known in France as Monsieur Chandelle, a pun on his surname drawing on the fact that he specialised in everyday life subjects and interiors lit by moonlight, lamp or candlelight, such as this painting. The smiling, bearded man is about to light his pipe, and the child blows on the match making the flame flicker. This type of picture follows in the long-established tradition in European art, which includes well-known works by Georges de la Tour and El Greco among others. | Subjects: | figure; everyday life | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Schendel, Petrus van (Dutch painter, 1806-1870) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8543... | Go to resource |
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