Title

Corner of a Library, 1711. Creator: Jan van der Heyden.

Caption

Corner of a Library, 1711. An interior set against a plain wall with a bookcase to one side on which are neatly arranged volumes in perfect order. The bookcase is designed to allow easy access to the top shelves on which the largest volumes are kept, while a striking element is the curtain intended to protect them from dust and light. Leaning against the side of the bookcase are what appear to be rolled-up maps, together with an oriental lance, one of the various oriental items in the room. The foreground is used for a table covered with a splendid Chinese textile on which the artist has depicted a terrestrial and a celestial globe, an armillary sphere and an atlas. The furniture is completed by three chairs, one with a walking stick resting on it, and the candelabrum in the space nearest the viewer.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM24A24_412

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

58,3Mb (1,9Mb) / 13,7in x 16,5in / 4109 x 4960 (300dpi)

Keywords

Europe interior library historical ORIENTAL arts painting globe map maps globes country candle candles China art Chinese books book tables weapon weapons museum Netherlands Dutch color design designs chairs shelf shelves table war chair curtain location century material textiles gallery inside fabric bookshelf sphere cloth corner terrestrial floral furniture atlas literature silk textile table cloth concept exhibition walking stick bookcase exhibit tablecloth candlestick art museum flowered warfare motif motifs art gallery oil Painting candleholder celestial Colour floral pattern candelabrum candle holder Indoors Museum of Art weaponry Floral Design golden age Lance 18th century armillary sphere Eighteenth Century culture history historic armillary celestial globe Oil on canvas Orientalism orientalist TGN Dutch Golden Age Oil on canvas Terrestrial globe art centre Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Jan van der Heyden Heyden Jan van der van der Heyden Jan floral motifs soft furnishing Heritage Art Low Countries floral motif Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum