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Dutch Family in an Interior
Artist / Origin: Jan Olis (Dutch, ca.1610–76)
Region: Europe
Date: 1634
Period: 1400 CE – 1800 CE
Material: Oil on panel
Medium: Painting
Dimensions: H: 15 in. (38.4 cm.), W: 19 ½ in. (49.9 cm.)
Location: Ferens Art Gallery, Hull City Museums and Art Galleries, Kingston Upon Hull, UK
Credit: Courtesy of Bridgeman Art Library
Bud (William) Fields, Lily Rogers Fields, and Lilian Fields
Artist / Origin: Walker Evans (American, 1903–1975)
Region: North America
Date: 1935–36
Period: 1900 CE – 2010 CE
Material: Gelatin silver print
Medium: Prints, Drawings, and Photography
Location: Prints and Photographs Division, The Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Credit: © Metropolitan Museum of Art/Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Familial structures and domestic activities play a major role in virtually every culture. It is not surprising, then, that they have often provided fodder for visual artists. Images of home interiors, with or without their inhabitants, might reveal a great deal about the realities of domestic life in a particular time and place. On the other hand, it is just as likely that they are records of social ideals and cultural values.