View of a Gallery in the Museum of Fine Arts, Copley Square

View of a Gallery in the Museum of Fine Arts, Copley Square

Enrico Meneghelli

1889

unspecified

From the collection of Museum of Fine Arts Boston

About this work

This painting shows a room filled with framed artworks on red walls. There's a large, white-framed archway in the center, and another one to the right. The floor is light-colored wood. A few of the paintings on the walls are gold-framed and show people or landscapes. There's a tall, dark cabinet to the left of the central archway, and some other objects that are hard to make out. The artist, Enrico Meneghelli, used a technique called chiaroscuro to create deep shadows and highlights in this painting.

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