Genre
Interior
The interior is painting’s most controlled stage. Within four walls the artist governs everything — the fall of light from a single window, the placement of every object, the privacy of the moment — which is why the Dutch made the domestic room the equal of any history scene.
Key artists
Works
The Interior of an Atelier of a Woman Painter
The Artist's Studio
Susanna Truax
The Lacemaker
The Meeting
The Love Letter
The Cathedrals of Art
The Marquise de Pezay, and the Marquise de Rougé with Her Sons Alexis and Adrien
Prospekt af hovedgården Lykkesholm på Fyn. Vinter
Sir Anthony Mildmay, Knight of Apethorpe, Northamptonshire
The Letter
A Young Woman and a Cavalier
Magnolia
The Cup of Tea
A Hunting Scene
Young Mother Sewing
Teasing a Sleeping Girl
Untitled
Picture Gallery with Views of Modern Rome
Madame Marsollier and Her Daughter
Card Players in a Drawing Room
Peasants Smoking in an Inn
A Kitchen
The Choir of the Capuchin Church in Rome
A Hunter with a Dog
In the Studio (Gari Melchers and Hugo Reisinger)
Pes-Ke-Le-Cha-Co
Coriolanus Taking Leave of his Family
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in his Gallery in Brussels
Untitled
Queen Nefertari Playing Senet
The Highland Family
The Musician
Tea Leaves
Breton Fishermen and Their Families
The Card Players
Untitled
Preparing Dough, Tomb of Rekhmire
Nuns at Work
Attributes of Music
The Temptation
Masquerade Ball at the Ritz Hotel, Paris
An Egyptian in a Doorway
A Masked Ball in Bohemia
Alexander the Great or Hector of Troy (from The Nine Heroes Tapestries)
The Missionary's Adventures
Young Mother Gazing at Her Child
Scene in the Jewish Quarter of Constantine
An Artist Painting a Heraldic Shield in a Cabinet of Curiosities
Nakhtamun's Funeral Procession, Tomb of Nakhtamun
拾遺古徳伝絵断簡|Illustrated Biography of Hōnen (Shūikotokūden-e)
Ramesses III and Prince Amenherkhepeshef before Hathor
The Billiard Room
Grandmother's Treasure
Ancient Rome
Sifting Meal, Tomb of Rekhmire
Funeral Procession, Tomb of Pairy
Comical Repast (Banquet of the Starved)
Naval Officer
The Serbian Concubine (Un Envoi de Serbie)
Aretino in the Studio of Tintoretto
Rebecca and the Wounded Ivanhoe
The Music Room
The Lute Player
Straw Hat, Bag, and Umbrella
Lions and Tigers in Peony and Bamboo
Taking Shelter from the Rain
A Village Street: Dardagny
Boats with Mourners and Provisions, Tomb of Neferhotep
Princess Pauline Metternich (1836–1921) on the Beach
A Man Asleep Alongside a Dog and a Horse
Hamlet and His Mother
Courtesan and her Attendant under a Cherry Tree
The Newborn Baby
Trimming Wood with an Adze, Tomb of Rekhmire
The Ballet from "Robert le Diable"
Sandal Maker, Tomb of Rekhmire
Interior with Paintings and a Pheasant
Harem Scene
南宋 馬和之 詩經小雅鴻雁之什六篇圖 卷|Courtly Odes, Beginning with "Wild Geese"
Street Scene, Place Clichy
The Happy Mother
Book Cover
Sculptor's Studio
An Interesting Story (Miss Ray)
Odalisque
Soldier Playing the Theorbo
Interior of a Kitchen
Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye Enthroned Beneath a Kiosk, Tomb of Anen
Itinerant Actors
The Proposal
Mother and Child
Sculptors at Work, Tomb of Rekhmire
Women Preparing Food, Tomb of Djari
Andromache and Astyanax
Untitled
The Visit
A Woman Ironing
Louise
Forging the Shaft
Nasturtiums with the Painting "Dance" I
Rubens Peale with a Geranium
Interior of the Pantheon, Rome
The Corinthian Maid
Monkeys on a Rock Ledge
The prince, having deprived the snake of its natural food, a frog, feeds it with a piece of his own flesh, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighteenth Night
Ducks and Reeds
Monju Riding Lion with Attendants
Operating on Guan Yu's Arm
Krishna Playing the Flute and other Episodes from the Bhagavata Purana
Krishna Fluting
The Net Mender (Garnbinderen)
Arab Warrior
Masons Squaring a Block, Tomb of Rekhmire
Vase of Flowers
The Quartette (Un quatuor)
Tyrolese Interior
Base for a Statuette
Carpenters at Work, Tomb of Rekhmire
Green and Gold
The Japanese Robe
The Third Princess with her Cat, from the "New Herbs I" (Wakana I) chapter The Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari}
Retreat from the Storm
Woman with a Mirror (Femme qui se mire)
The Peddler
Facsimile painting from the tomb of Rekhmire
Roundel with Architecture (from a series of The Septem Artes Mechanicae)
The Six Poetic Immortals
A Footman Sleeping
源氏物語画帖|The Tale of Genji (Genji Monogatari)
Courtesan-Dancer (Shirabyōshi) for the New Year
The Dining Room, Vernonnet
Famous Women
Psyche
The Celebration of the Mass
Carpenter Making a Chair, Tomb of Rekhmire
Nebamun Receiving Wine
Masqueraders
Examining Antique Arms
Fishermen
Monks in the Cloister of the Church of Gesù e Maria, Rome
Kabuki Theater
In the Studio
Festivities of the Twelve Months: “Sannō Hiyoshi Festivals Held on the Day of the Monkey in the Mid-Fourth Month”; Festivities of the Twelve Months: “Sumō Wrestling at Matsuno’o Shrine during the Hass
The Cigarette (Jeanne Daurmont)
A Bashi-Bazouk
An Egyptian Peasant Woman and Her Child
A Window at Night
The Four Deities of Mount Kōya
Reverie
Graziella
Preparing and Cooking Cakes, Tomb of Rekhmire
Untitled
Design for the Washington Centennial Celebration, Souvenir
Dancers in the Rehearsal Room with a Double Bass
Jungle Tales (Contes de la Jungle)
Untitled
Casting Metal, Tomb of Rekhmire
Fishing and Fowling, Tomb of Ipuy
源氏物語画帖「玉鬘」|“A Lovely Garland” (Tamakazura), from The Tale of Genji
Cup and saucer
The Lute Player
The Lovers
Denise at Her Dressing Table
Interior View of the Metropolitan Museum of Art when in Fourteenth Street
Untitled
Courtesan and Attendant Playing with a Dog
Two Men at a Table, Man Eating (from Switzerland 1869 Sketchbook)
View of Lateran, Rome
In the Garden
The Palace of Aurora
Young Woman Praying
Roundel with Killing of the Ox (December)
Young Woman Reading
The Cup of Love
The Third Princess and a Cat, from the "New Herbs I" (Wakana I) chapter The Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari}
Geometry
A Circus Boy
Watchcase cover: Tisiphone Casting Snakes at Athamas and Ino
Plaque with Censing Angels
Vaudeville Act
Banquet in Silence
Scenes from the Life of King Nebuchadnezzar
Carey's Backyard
A Discussion
Man Holding a Bottle and a Cup
Cooking Cakes with Fat, Tomb of Rekhmire
Woman and Child under a Cherry Tree
Dancers Practicing at the Barre
The Letter
Woman Reading
The Dancers
十二天像(梵天)|One of the Twelve Devas: Bonten
Awaiting the Reply
The Parable of the Wise and the Foolish Virgins![Margarethe Vöhlin [reverse]](https://artifactworldgallery.com/img/bernhard-strigel--margarethe-vohlin-reverse--01f4c80425fbb8fe-w320.webp)
Margarethe Vöhlin [reverse]
Little Girl in Lavender
The Crowning at Rheims of the Dauphin (Joan of Arc series: V)![Hans Roth [reverse]](https://artifactworldgallery.com/img/bernhard-strigel--hans-roth-reverse--9e98efc46bbdf23c-w320.webp)
Hans Roth [reverse]
Saints Cyprian, Vitus, Stephan, and Cornelius
Frequently asked questions
What is Interior?
Interior is a setting in painting. The interior is painting’s most controlled stage.
How many Interior works does Artifact World Gallery have?
Artifact World Gallery holds 41,766 public-domain Interior works, all free to view and download.
Who are the key Interior artists?
Key Interior artists in the collection include Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, Edgar Degas and Jean Honoré Fragonard.