# Interior with an Elegant Lady Receiving a Suitor [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [NAIVEU, Matthijs]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 55 x 65 cm ## Commentary Interior with an Elegant Lady Receiving a Suitor c. 1695 Oil on canvas, 55 x 65 cm Private collection Many of Naiveu's later works depict the performing of plays or as here, a scene from a play. The dramas depicted in Naiveu's theatrical pictures are seldom identifiable. In this picture the man entering to the right carries over his arm the costume of a Harlequin, or the Commedia dell'Arte figure of Arlecchino. Although the room depicted is arranged as a theatre set, it is probably not a literal depiction of the enactment of a play before an audience. ## Related artworks - [Boy and Girl Blowing Soap Bubbles]() - [Candle-Lit Interior]() - [Carnival Scene]() - [Grapes in a Niche]() - [Newborn Baby]() - [Portrait of a Gentleman]() - [The Holy Family]() - [Visit to the Nursery]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()