Perspective Box of a Dutch Interior with Cats
Date1662/1663
Object PlaceHolland, Netherlands, Western Europe, Europe
MediumOil paint, glass mirror and walnut
ClassificationsPaintings
Dimensions11 1/8 × 16 9/16 × 11 15/16 inches (28.2 × 42 × 30.3 cm)
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase, General Membership Fund and Young Collectors Council
Object number35.101
DescriptionWalnut, pentagonal, box fitted with a removable front in two sections. The upper section is fitted with a mirror. The lower section has hole through which the spectator views an interior of a Dutch home. The interior has a table in left foreground. The table is laden with plates, silverware, oysters, fruit and a glass. A cat is perched behind a wine glass. In the middleground there is a column at the right and the left. In the background a man and a woman stand to the left of an open doorway which leads out into a courtyard. Dog on bottom.On View
Not on viewLocations
- Storage - Long-term Demo Museum (Hanover Square), East Wing, European Painting Storage, Screen 1, B
1610/1643
1644
c. 1635-1637
1730/1740
1875/1880
16th Century
1st Century AD
c. 1850