Interieur van een huis before 1899

This photograph, titled "Interieur van een huis", captures an interior scene by C. Graaf Brandis. The image offers us a peek into the Liechtenstein'schen Schlosses Hollenegg in Steiermark. The photograph presents us with a formal interior, marked by patterned walls and checkered floors. The careful arrangement of furniture and decorative objects speaks to a cultivated, affluent lifestyle of the aristocracy. This world of carefully curated taste also suggests the gendered dynamics of domestic space, traditionally managed and maintained by women. The image provides an opportunity to reflect on how spaces are constructed to perform identity, class, and gender. While the photograph is devoid of people, the interior itself speaks volumes. It reflects societal issues such as wealth, social standing, and the performance of identity within the confines of domesticity, inviting us to consider our own relationships with space and belonging.