Floor plan

Time and place19th-century Scandinavia

19th-century Scandinavia

Loosely painted scene of a brown-haired girl in her nightgown standing in a dark room, gazing out a window into a brighter night, her face unseen and her hand drawing back the pale curtain. Light blues and pink whites dominate the girl and the window, while deep browns, blues, and greens color the darkened portions of her room.
Evening, Melancholy I, by Edvard Munch, 1896
View from the Battery toward the City, by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1836
A work made of lithograph in black ink, with additions in brush and red, blue, yellow, green, orange-brown and gray watercolor on ivory wove paper.
A work made of oil on canvas.

The works in this room are listed below.

Works in this room

Works made in Scandinavia in the 19th century.

First room, north wall

  1. Loosely painted scene of a brown-haired girl in her nightgown standing in a dark room, gazing out a window into a brighter night, her face unseen and her hand drawing back the pale curtain. Light blues and pink whites dominate the girl and the window, while deep browns, blues, and greens color the darkened portions of her room.
    The Girl by the WindowEdvard Munch, 1893Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. Evening, Melancholy I, by Edvard Munch, 1896
    Evening, Melancholy IEdvard Munch, 1896Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  3. View from the Battery toward the City, by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1836
    View from the Battery toward the CityChristoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1836Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art

First room, south wall

  1. A work made of lithograph in black ink, with additions in brush and red, blue, yellow, green, orange-brown and gray watercolor on ivory wove paper.
    TingletangleEdvard Munch, 1895Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. A work made of oil on canvas.
    Mrs. Potter PalmerAnders Zorn, 1893Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago