Drawing of an Interior: Chambre à coucher
Medium
Graphite, pen and blue ink, watercolor
Dimensions
sheet: 7 7/8 x 11 3/8 in. (20 x 28.9 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Anne and Carl Stern Gift, 1972
Accession Number
1972.642.6
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the cozy confines of a 19th French bedroom with this delicate *Drawing of an Interior: Chambre à coucher*, created anonymously in 1857 Rendered on a modest sheet measuring 7 7/8 x 11 3/8 inches, the work captures the everyday elegance of domestic life, featuring furnishings like desks and tables that hint at a multifunctional space—perhaps a bourgeois sleeping chamber doubling as a study. Such interiors were a popular subject in French art of the era, reflecting the growing fascination with private, comfortable homes during the Second Empire under Napoleon III. The artist masterfull...
About the Artist
Anonymous, French, 19th century · 1800–1900
**Anonymous, French, 19th Century (ca. 1800–1900)** The artist cataloged as Anonymous, French, 19th century embodies the enigmatic yet essential contributions of unidentified creators to France's vibrant 19th-century art world. Active roughly between 1800 and 1900, this figure—or potentially collective workshop—produced a diverse array of works amid the nation's transition from Neoclassicism thro...