Pehr Hilleström here depicts the sculpture galleries of the Royal Palace’s Stone Museum. The outer one held the larger and more prestigious ancient sculptures such as the muses and the sleeping Endymion. He can be seen in the foreground, and was compared to Apollo di Belvedere. The inner gallery held portrait busts and a more motley collection of antiques. Hilleström made several versions, of which these two once belonged to Fredenheim’s brother-in-law Filip Bernard Hebbe.