Muslin Curtains and Mullioned Window

grey Light: The colours are black, brown and grey, according to Toronto Star. Light is filtered through a mullioned window with white muslin curtains but we can see nothing outside, nothing. It is Copenhagen in 1901. There is a door. Do you find this intense absence painting oppressive I do too. It is closed. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.