Frescoes in the manner of Raphael line the loggia at Castello di Montecalvello, the painter Balthus’s favorite vantage point for sketching the hilly landscape of the Lazio region. * Photo by @evelynhofer for House and Garden, 1990. * #CastellodiMontecalvello #montecalvello #Balthus #balthazarklossowski #countderola #lazio #setsuko #artistshome #romanticinteriors #romancingthepast #castello #Italiancastle #elemnetal #poeticspaces #lightandshadow #grandeurindecay #monastic #ascetic #loggia #frescoes #renaissancepalace #castello https://www.instagram.com/p/B1EYApsHqBL/?igshid=1uz0bmi8jylsd

The Left Bank pied-à-terre of American socialite Katherine Bryan designed by Studio Peregalli. The 19th-century furnishings include a French table of walnut and rosewood, a set of Flemish dining chairs and a gilded-bronze chandelier; the walls are clad in antiqued mirrors hand-painted in a floral design. Photo by Pascal Chevallier.

Dream Weaver ... The beguiling camera dei sogni in the late gallerist Sauro Bocchi's home and gallery in the Palazzo Pamphilj, Rome. Photography by @simonwatson for @theworldofinteriors, 2000. #saurobocchi #gallerist #palazzopamphilj #italianstyle #italianinteriors #italianeclectic #livingwithart #romancingthepast #thelouchelife #theartoftheroom

This rich and inviting sitting room in a Greek Revival home in Connecticut designed by @patricknaggar and Terese Carpenter in the 1990's was conceived as a traveler's den containing treasures gathered from around the world: a third century A.D. Roman column; a 19th-century French bronze-and-leather reclining bed; a 19th-century bust; a 1760 Louis XVI limestone mantel; a 17th-century Chinese cabinet; and a Fortuny silk ceiling fixture. #greekrevival #classicalrevival #patricknaggar #teresecarpenter #romancingthepast #classicalfolly #scale #proportion #harmony #classicalbust #classicalsculpture #19thcenturyfrenchbed #louisxvimantel #17thcenturychinesefurniture #fortuny #interiordesign #interiordecorating #rembranceofroomspast #theartoftheroom

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema