In this work every element of the interior suggest both the erudite and very à la mode style of its inhabitants from the Japanese inspired screen, the piles of music scores spilling from their stand (the artist’s signature and the date of the work appear on a curled-up page), the glossy varnished piano, and, overseeing all, a sculpture of Narcissus after a work by Praxiteles from Pompeii. [Sotheby’s, New York - Oil on canvas, 114.9 x 87.9 cm]