Interieur met schilderijen, mogelijk een museum 1890 - 1920

W. Köhnen & Sohn made this photograph, "Interieur met schilderijen, mogelijk een museum," showing a room densely packed with paintings. The sepia tone gives it a feeling of stepping back in time, a little faded but full of stories. The arrangement of the artworks is what grabs me. They're hung salon-style, one above the other, creating a textured wall of images. Look how the frames almost touch. The light catches the gilded edges, creating a subtle rhythm across the surface. It's this sense of layering and density that brings the room to life. I'm reminded of the work of Gerhard Richter, who often uses photographs as source material. But where Richter abstracts and obscures, here, the details are preserved, allowing us to step into this space. It makes you think about how we display and consume art, and what it means to create a space dedicated to seeing.