Drawing of an Interior: Salle à manger
Medium
Graphite, pen and blue and red ink, watercolor
Dimensions
sheet: 8 x 10 11/16 in. (20.3 x 27.2 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
1972.642.13
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the intimate world of a 19th-century French dining, or *salle à manger*, in this delicate 1857 drawing by anonymous artist. Titled *Drawing of an Interior: à manger*, the work showcases everyday domestic elegance through finely rendered furniture, chairs, and flowing curtains. Created on a modest sheet measuring 8 x 10 11/16 inches, it now resides in the Metropolitan Museum of's Department of Drawings and Prints, through the Anne and Carl Stern Gift in 1972. Rendered in graphite for precise underdrawing, accented with pen in blue and red inks, and softly washed with watercolor, the ...
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...