Room Interior with Winding Staircase

Francis Davis Millet, Room Interior with Winding Staircase, n.d., oil on board, 14 ¹⁄₈ x 11 ³⁄₈ in. (35.9 x 28.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James F. Dicke Family, 2012.14

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Artwork Details

Title: Room Interior with Winding Staircase
Artist: Francis Davis Millet
Date: n.d.
Location: Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Luce Foundation Center
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3rd Floor
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5A
Dimensions: 14 ¹⁄₈ x 11 ³⁄₈ in. (35.9 x 28.8 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of the James F. Dicke Family
Mediums: oil
Mediums Description: oil on board
Classifications: Painting
Subjects: Architecture Interior — detail — stairs
Object Number: 2012.14
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2012.14

Artwork Description

Francis Davis Millet’s Room Interior with Winding Staircase shows an empty room in an undetermined location. The blurred shadows and rounded, imperfect lines stress the openness of this uninhabited corner. Millet’s artwork was popular abroad, notably in England, where he settled in the village of Broadway. He painted many English interior scenes, highly finished works that often featured local characters and heavily researched costumes. Room Interior with Winding Staircase, however, exhibits how he also studied the buildings and rooms themselves throughout his career.