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Interior. The Music Room, Strandgade 30

A work made of oil on canvas.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of oil on canvas.

Date:

1907

Artist:

Vilhelm Hammershøi (Danish, 1864–1916)

About this artwork

This painting is part of a series by Vilhelm Hammershøi capturing his sparsely decorated apartment at Strandgade 30 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Hammershøi often moved furniture and objects around his home like studio props: here, he placed a chair, piano, cello, and violin in a corner of the drawing room. Despite the inclusion of musical instruments, the scene evokes only eerie silence, with no sense of a human presence to play them.

This is one of thirty-five works that comprise the Winterbotham Collection. Click here to learn more about the collection.

Status

On View, Gallery 246

Department

Painting and Sculpture of Europe

Artist

Vilhelm Hammershøi

Title

Interior. The Music Room, Strandgade 30

Place

Denmark (Artist's nationality:)

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1907

Medium

Oil on canvas

Inscriptions

Signed lower right: VH

Dimensions

70 × 59 cm (27 9/16 × 23 1/4 in.); Framed: 85.4 × 75.2 × 7.6 cm (33 5/8 × 29 5/8 × 3 in.)

Credit Line

Joseph Winterbotham Collection

Reference Number

2023.1322

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