# Interior with a Company

- By: Bartholomeus van Bassen (Antwerp, ca. –1652)
- By: Esaias van de Velde (Amsterdam, 1587–1630)
- Date: c. 1622 - c. 1624
- Medium: panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: support: height 71 cm x width 101.2 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-864--e2f7dd30e1312fe4f9c01eddecdf9650)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/mHKLO/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Van Bassen painted the interior, and his colleague Van de Velde the figures. The composition represents an elegant company in a grand, stylish residence with paintings on the walls, decorated cabinets, a monumental chimneypiece and an elaborate wooden coffered ceiling. The decorations were inspired by designs by the architect Hans Vredeman de Vries. This interior never actually existed – it is an idealized image.