Why it matters
A man and a partly undressed woman face each other in a tense confrontation in a lamplit bedroom. Called 'the most puzzling of Degas's major works', its subject and even its title (Interior or The Rape) remain uncertain.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1868–1869.
- It was not shown in public until 1905.
- Degas called it 'my genre painting'.
Based on the Wikipedia article Interior (Degas) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
