There’s an Australian painting in ‘Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness’

While this game is widely-regarded as one of the worst Tomb Raider adventures ever, there are locations within that are quite interesting and worth exploring in a little more detail. One such place is Vasiley’s apartment located in Prague, and you will encounter this eye-catching locale during the ‘Monstrum Crime Scene’ level.

It was just as well that I allowed a few minutes to approach every piece of art to discover what was on show, for located in a corner of this large room – and tucked away behind the spiral staircase – was an unexpected surprise.

In the image above, the Tomb Raider reproduction is on the left, with the real painting on the right – and there is no doubt that they are meant to be one and the same.

As for the painting itself, it is titled ‘Interior with figures, The Grange’ by Emma Minnie Boyd (1858-1936), who was an Australian artist based in Melbourne. It is worth noting that this particular piece of art was painted in 1875 – which meant that Boyd would have been sixteen or seventeen years of age at the time.

‘Interior with figures, The Grange’ is currently on display at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.