Design for a Music Room
Medium
Pen and gray ink, brush and gray, yellow, blue, and pink wash.
Dimensions
sheet: 15 1/2 x 21 7/8 in. (39.4 x 55.6 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1955
Accession Number
55.590.10
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the refined world of early 19th-century French architecture with this exquisite *Design for a Music Room*, created anonymously in 1805. During the Napoleonic era, as France transitioned from Revolution to Empire, interiors like this reflected a neoclassical revival, blending symmetry, grandeur, and functionality. Music rooms were prized spaces in affluent homes, dedicated to leisure and cultural pursuits such as piano recitals or chamber music, symbolizing the owner's sophistication amid post-Revolutionary social aspirations. Rendered in pen and gray ink with delicate brush washes i...
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...