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Title

Vespasian hearing from one of his generals of the taking of Jerusalem by Titus

Artist

Lawrence Alma-Tadema

Physical Description

The Roman emperor Vespasian sits in an interior receiving a document from a standing figure to the right of the composition. The emperor is dressed in a white robe and sits on a red chair to the left of the composition. The interior is largely dark, with the exception of the emperor, whose figure is brightly lit.

The painting is in the original frame, which is constructed to resemble a Roman Temple with base, entablature, and fluted ionic pilasters.

Artist Life Dates

1836-1912

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1866

Accession Number

2004/2.143

Medium and Support

oil on panel

relevance

rank 18.64953

Primary Keywords

interior spaces

roman empire

Title

Interieur

Artist

Edouard Vuillard

Physical Description

Paper size: lh 22 3/5cm & rh 22 2/5cm x w 13 2/5cm.

Artist Life Dates

1868-1940

Accession Number

2008/2.418

Medium and Support

lithograph on beige wove paper

relevance

rank 18.44672

Primary Keywords

interior spaces

lithographs

teacups

women

Title

A Murder

Artist

George Grosz

Physical Description

Pen and ink drawing of nude woman, presumably dead or in the act of dying, stretched between floor and chair, with a man bending over her head and torso. In interior domestic space.

Artist Life Dates

1893-1959

Object Creation Date

1912-1913

Accession Number

2007/2.110

Medium and Support

pen and ink with watercolor on wove paper

relevance

rank 18.24827

Primary Keywords

berlin (state)

criminals

interior spaces

woman

Title

Grand Interior View of a Courtesan House in the Yoshiwara District (Yoshiwara o-magaki no zu, one of pentaptych)

Artist

Katsushika Hokusai

Physical Description

A group of 18 women inside a building wearing various kimono with the predominant colors being grey, red, black, and green. Some of the kimono also have orange coloring. The patterns and designs on the kimono vary from images of flowers to geometric designs. A rice paper door is seen in the background leading to a room at a slightly higher level and an image of a phoenix can be partially seen on the wall in the back and to the left. One of the women near the front is tying the string around a package while three other women near her are arranging small footed trays. One of the women in the forefront and to the left appears to be holding a cup or jar.

Artist Life Dates

1760 - 1849

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1811-1813

Accession Number

1938.2

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper, ôban tate-e size

relevance

rank 18.24827

Primary Keywords

brothels

courtesans

interior spaces

kimonos

stairs

Title

Chez Mondrian (Mondrian's studio in Paris)

Artist

André Kertész

Physical Description

A flower is perched inside a vase that rests upon a wooden table. Behind it begins the start of a curved staircase.

Artist Life Dates

1894-1985

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1926

Accession Number

1976/2.14

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 18.24827

Primary Keywords

flowers (plants)

interior spaces

stairs

vases

Title

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Kyoka Edition): #52 Ishibe

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

View of an interior of an inn, with tatami-matted rooms and sliding doors. The rooms have doors open. Men and women wearing yukata are resting in one of the rooms. The other room seems to be a public bathroom, with one man taking a bath in the deep soaking tubs, and the other sitting on the stool to put on his clothes.

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Object Creation Date

late 1830s

Accession Number

2008/2.330

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 18.05405

Primary Keywords

bathers

doors

flowers (plants)

inns

interior spaces

Title

Grand Interior View of a Courtesan House in the Yoshiwara District (Yoshiwara o-magaki no zu, one of pentaptych)

Artist

Katsushika Hokusai

Physical Description

A print of 15 women inside a building dressed in various kimono with the predominant colors being grey, red, black, and green. Some of the kimono also have orange coloring. The patterns and designs on the kimono vary from images of flowers to geometric designs. One male is kneeling towards the back and another man can be seen in the background leaving the room. Two women to the very back and left of the image appear to be adjusting their makeup. Three women to the front sit around a tea set (partially visable) and two women to their right are whispering to each other.

Artist Life Dates

1760 - 1849

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1811-1813

Accession Number

1938.3

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper, ôban tate-e size

relevance

rank 17.86392

Primary Keywords

brothels

courtesans

house

interior spaces

kimonos

kneeling

standing

Title

Baking Bread, Labor of the Month for December

Artist

Jean de Court, called Vigier

Physical Description

This enamel roundel depicts three figures in an interior. In the foreground a man with a soft pointed cap maneuvers small round loaves of bread in an oven with a long wooden paddle. Behind him a woman with an elaborate headdress and another figure prepare more loaves for baking. The silvery gray tones of this grisaille enamel impart the scene with a subtle luminosity.

Artist Life Dates

active 1541-1564

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1540-1560

Accession Number

1977/1.168

Medium and Support

enamel

relevance

rank 17.86392

Primary Keywords

bake ovens

bread

enamels (visual works)

interior spaces

Title

Interior of a Guardroom

Artist

David Teniers the Younger

Physical Description

Groups of men gamble, smoke, and drink in a dark guardroom. In the left foreground a seated man wearing a red sash lights his white clay pipe, while his companion pauses his smoking to listen to a man standing next to him. The red of the smoker's sash is repeated in the flag and fabrics strewn about in the right foreground, which form part of a still-life of weapons, musical instruments, and glinting armor heaped together against the wall. Between these brightly lit foreground vignettes the scene recedes into the darkened interior where a group of five men gather about a table to gamble.

Artist Life Dates

1610-1690

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1635-1645

Accession Number

1965/1.185

Medium and Support

oil on panel

relevance

rank 17.86392

Primary Keywords

armors

drums (membranophones)

genre

interior spaces

smoking

weapons

Title

Saint Jerome in His Chamber

Artist

Albrecht Dürer

Physical Description

Print trimmed to image frame line. Paper repaired along the right edge of the print. Paper size: h 24 7/10cm x tw 18 3/5cm & bw 18 4/5cm.

Artist Life Dates

Nüremberg, 1471-1528

Accession Number

2008/2.411

Medium and Support

engraving on beige laid paper

relevance

rank 17.86392

Primary Keywords

dogs

engraving (printing process)

interior spaces

lions

saint

Title

Grand Interior View of a Courtesan House in the Yoshiwara District (Yoshiwara o-magaki no zu, one of pentaptych)

Artist

Katsushika Hokusai

Physical Description

A large group of young women inside a building surrounded by male servants. The women all wear various styles of kimono, though the predominant colors are red and green. The inside of the building is on the bottom floor with a set of steps leading up to a second floor, not depicted.

Artist Life Dates

1760 - 1849

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1811-1813

Accession Number

1938.1

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper, ôban tate-e size

relevance

rank 17.67776

Primary Keywords

brothels

courtesans

house

interior spaces

kimonos

kneeling

stairs

standing

Title

Hide and Seek (Cache-Cache)

Artist

Alfred Stevens

Physical Description

Panel painting depicting a young woman of high society in an interior setting filled with Asian accessories. She stands behind a door, which she holds partly open revealing a small white dog sitting in front of an armchair.

Artist Life Dates

1823-1906

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1878

Accession Number

1955/1.85

Medium and Support

oil on panel

relevance

rank 17.49543

Primary Keywords

candles

dogs

doors

doorways

entertainment

gloves

interior spaces

interiors

standing

Title

Interior of a Pompeiian Home with Figures (The Impluvium)

Artist

Eugène Viollet-le-Duc

Physical Description

An ink drawing in shades of gray with very exact detailing of objects and architectural elements in the scene. It shows the interior of a Roman house with sunlight streaming into an open courtyard with a fountain. The stone fountain has a square basin supported by a pedestal and a standing nude sculpture above it. One wall of the courtyard is decorated with floral designs and two figural scenes. A small bush is growing in a dirt area of the floor and there are two large vessels against the wall. Two figures are standing in a colonnade to the left of the courtyard. One is a woman dressed in a toga who is looking at a man dressed in a short sleeved tunic. The decorations of the floor, walls and ceiling depict ancient classical designs such as ascanthus leaves, meander and scroll patterns and the roof tiles have floral plume decorations and lion's head spouts.

Artist Life Dates

1814-1879

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1873

Accession Number

1976/2.20

Medium and Support

ink and wash over graphite on cream wove paper

relevance

rank 16.80224

Primary Keywords

architecture (object genre)

house

houses

interior spaces

interiors

plants

seated

sitting

standing

statues

vessels

Title

La Marchande de Moutarde, one of the "Twelve Etchings from Nature," or the "French Set"

Artist

James McNeill Whistler

Physical Description

A young woman at the left stands at the threshold of a stone doorway; in the interior beyond her, a woman in a white cap is preparing a jar at a desk or counter. Above the desk is a row of jars on a shelf.

Artist Life Dates

1834-1903

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1858

Accession Number

1954/1.329

Medium and Support

etching, printed in black ink on Japan paper, laid down on white wove plate paper

relevance

rank 16.41364

Primary Keywords

buildings

doorways

doorways and doorway components

interior spaces

interiors

standing

vessels