''Interior of an Art Gallery'' is a

1637 Events January–March * January 5 – Pierre Corneille's tragicomedy '' Le Cid'' is first performed, in Paris, France. * January 16 – The siege of Nagpur ends in what is now the Maharashtra state of India, as Kok Sha ...

oil on canvas painting by

Cornelis de Baellieur Cornelis de Baellieur (1607, Antwerp – 1671, Antwerp), was a Flemish Baroque painter. Biography According to the RKD he was a pupil of Anthonis Liesaert and is known for paintings of art galleries such as '' Interior of an Art Gallery'' ...

, with the architecture and the paintings on the walls added by Hans Jordaens III. Alexandre Cart left it to the

Louvre Museum The Louvre ( ), or the Louvre Museum ( ), is the world's most-visited museum, and an historic landmark in Paris, France. It is the home of some of the best-known works of art, including the ''Mona Lisa'' and the ''Venus de Milo''. A central l ...

in 1864 and it still hangs there as MI 699. It was exhibited at the ''Rubens' Europe'' exhibition at

Louvre-Lens The Louvre-Lens is an art museum located in Lens, France, approximately 200 kilometers north of Paris. It displays objects from the collections of the Musée du Louvre that are lent to the gallery on a medium- or long-term basis. The Louvre-Lens ...

from 22 May to 23 September 2013. Arnout Balis, Blaise Ducos, Jeroen Duindam, Marc Fumaroli, Paul Huvenne, David Jaffé, Corinne Thépaut-Cabasset (préf. Alain Denizot & Xavier Dectot), ''L'Europe de Rubens : xposition, Lens, Musée du Louvre-Lens, 22 mai-23 septembre 2013', Lens & Paris, Musée du Louvre-Lens & Éditions Hazan, mai 2013, 360 p., 23 cm × 29 cm (ISBN 978-2-36838-012-3 et 978-2-75410-694-8), p. 142-143, 304

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