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| 'A Moonlit Vegetable Market' (no date found) by Petrus van Schendel; Private Collection |
If you google Dutch-Belgian artist Petrus van Schendel, born on 21 April 1806, it is immediately evident what he is known for. Van Schendel was influenced by 17th-century Dutch painting and specialised in candlelit genre scenes, of interiors or night markets, in the tradition of Gerard Dou. I like the chiaroscuro effect that his paintings have. Wikipedia doesn't have an English page on this artist but if you read Dutch, then here's the link. In France, Van Schendel was nicknamed 'Monsieur Chandelle' because of his candlelit scenes.
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