Artwork
Dame med strikketøj. En af kunstnerens søstre (?)
Dame med strikketøj. En af kunstnerens søstre (?) is an oil painting by the German Romanticist artist Wilhelm Bendz. It dates from 1827 and is held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst.
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Subject & Meaning
Bendz portrays what appears to be one of his sisters, emphasizing a personal rather than public identity.
The painting shows a young woman seated beside a chair, holding a ball of yarn and a knitting needle, a motif that signals domestic activity within a family setting. Bendz portrays what appears to be one of his sisters, emphasizing a personal rather than public identity. As a portrait created in 1827, the work reflects the artist's interest in intimate genre scenes while maintaining the formal conventions of portraiture, combining a realistic rendering of everyday practice with subtle domestic overtones.
Technique & Style
The work is an oil painting created in 1827, executed on a support identified as either panel or canvas, as recorded in the documentation. Its dimensions measure 32 cm in height by 26.8 cm in width. The composition portrays a young woman occupied with knitting, holding a ball of yarn and a knitting needle while seated on a chair, a motif that situates the portrait within the domestic genre. The painting follows the formal conventions of early-19th-century Danish portraiture, emphasizing realistic rendering and modest compositional detail.
History & Provenance
Painted in 1827 by Wilhelm Bendz, 'Dame med strikketøj. En af kunstnerens søstre (?)' is an oil portrait depicting a woman with a ball of yarn and a knitting needle, likely one of the artist's sisters. It is executed in oil on either panel or canvas and measures 32 cm in height by 26.8 cm in width.
The painting belongs to the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen, where it is recorded without a published accession number. The sources do not mention any exhibition history for the work.
Overview
Wilhelm Bendz's 1827 oil painting, Dame med strikketøj. En af kunstnerens søstre (?) (Woman with Knitting.
One of the Artist's Sisters (?)), captures a quiet domestic scene. This work exemplifies the artist's focus on genre subjects and portraiture, depicting a woman engaged in the everyday activity of knitting. The painting is part of the collection at Statens Museum for Kunst.
Context
Wilhelm Bendz, a Danish artist, received his training under the prominent painter Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg. His artistic output frequently included genre scenes and portraits, making Dame med strikketøj characteristic of his practice. The painting's introspective quality and focus on individual experience connect it to the broader currents of German Romanticism, a movement that valued emotion, nature, and subjective experience.
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Artist
Wilhelm Ferdinand Bendz (20 March 1804 – 14 November 1832) was a Danish painter mainly known for genre works and portraits which often portray his artist colleagues and their daily lives.
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Julie Eckersberg, née Juel, the Artist's Second Wife
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