
Interior. The Music Room, Strandgade 30
<p>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.</p> <p>This is one of thirty-five works that comprise the Winterbotham Collection. <a href="https://www.artic.edu/the-winterbotham-collection">Click here to learn more about the collection.</a></p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1907
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 70 × 59 cm (27 9/16 × 23 1/4 in.); Framed: 85.5 × 75.3 × 8.9 cm (33 5/8 × 29 5/8 × 3 1/2 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Vilhelm Hammershøi
Artist

Painting
Vilhelm Hammershøi, often anglicised as Vilhelm Hammershoi, was a Danish painter. He is known for his poetic, subdued portraits and interiors. In 1905, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote of the artist, "Hammershøi is not one of those about whom one can speak quickly. His work is wide-ranging and slow, and at whatever moment one comprehends it, it will always provide an opportunity to talk about what is important and essential in art".
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- Vilhelm Hammershøi
- Year
- 1907
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 70 × 59 cm (27 9/16 × 23 1/4 in.); Framed: 85.5 × 75.3 × 8.9 cm (33 5/8 × 29 5/8 × 3 1/2 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1907-013485
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified


