‘Interior in London, Brunswick Square’ (1912) depicts the windows and view from Vilhelm Hammershøi’s Bloomsbury flat, which he rented between November 1912 and January 1913, near one of his key patrons, the English pianist Leonard Borwick. Although Hammershøi rarely displayed his own work in his apartment, he chose to hang this work in his bedroom after returning to Copenhagen in early 1913—an indication of its personal significance and his enduring affection for London.

Anna Hammershøi
Bruun Rasmussen Art Auctions Copenhagen, 26 April 1955, lot 52
Knud Abilgård
Bruun Rasmussen Art Auctions Copenhagen, 23 April 1987, lot 218
Lady Jane Adby
Private Collection, Switzerland (acquired from the above, 1998)