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Painted interior of a lush palm house with white columns, arches, and figures in robes on a red rug, one playing a stringed instrument.

The Interior of the Palm House on the Pfaueninsel Near Potsdam

Within a lush palm house, figures in flowing robes sit on a red rug beside white columns and arched openings, one playing a stringed instrument. Dense palm fronds and climbing vines frame the sunlit glass-roofed space, with dappled light falling across the stone floor in this oil painting.

Artist
Carl Blechen
Date
1834
Medium
Oil on canvas
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1810 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1834).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Through prior acquisitions of the George F. Harding Collection; L.L. and A.S. Coburn and Alexander A. McKay endowments; through prior gift of William Wood Prince; through prior acquisitions of the Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Endowment

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