Pieter de Hooch (1629-1684) was a Dutch Golden Age painter famous for his genre works of quiet domestic scenes.
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Pieter de Hooch (1629-1684) was a Dutch Golden Age painter famous for his genre works of quiet domestic scenes with an open doorway. He was a contemporary of Jan Vermeer in the Delft Guild of St. Luke, with whom his work shares themes and style.
De Hooch was born in Rotterdam to Hendrick Hendricksz de Hooch, a bricklayer, and Annetge Pieters, a midwife. He was the eldest of five children and outlived all of his siblings. Little is known of his early life and most archival evidence suggests he worked in Rotterdam, Delft, and Amsterdam. According to his first biographer Arnold Houbraken, he studied art in Haarlem under the landscape painter Nicolaes Berchem at the same time as Jacob Ochtervelt and was known for his “kamergezichten” or “room-views” with ladies and gentlemen in conversation. But De Hooch’s work seems to continue in the spirit of Hendrik Sorgh, an older Rotterdam painter who had a special affinity for organizing figures in interiors. Beginning in 1650, he worked as a painter and servant for a linen-merchant and art collector named Justus de la Grange in Rotterdam. His service for the merchant required him to accompany him on his travels to The Hague, Leiden, and Delft, to which he moved in 1652. It is likely that de Hooch handed over most of his works to la Grange during this period in exchange for board and other benefits, as this was a common commercial arrangement for painters at the time, and a later inventory recorded that la Grange possessed eleven of his paintings.
Paintings by Pieter de Hooch
Going for a Walk in the Amsterdam Town Hall (aka Départ pour la promenade) – c. 1663–65 oil on canvas, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg
Arrière-cour d’une maison hollandaise – 1650–75. Louvre, Paris
The Asparagus Vendor – 1675–80 (canvas). Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Bedroom – c. 1658 – 1660 (canvas). National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
A Boy Bringing Bread – c. 1663 (canvas). The Wallace Collection, London
Cardplayers in a Sunlit Room – 1658 (canvas). The Royal Collection, Windsor
Card Players in an Opulent Interior (French: Joueurs de cartes dans un riche intérieur) – 1663–65 (canvas). Louvre, Paris
Card Players at a Table – c. 1670 – 1674 (canvas)
Children in a Doorway, with ‘Colf’ Sticks – c. 1658 – 1660 (panel)
Couple in the Morning – 1665 (canvas)
Couple with a Parrot – c. 1675 (canvas). Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne
A Couple with Musicians in a Hall – 1663–65 (canvas)
Courtyard of a Dutch House – 1658 (oil)
The Courtyard of a House in Delft – 1658 (canvas). National Gallery, London
Courtyard with Lady and Serving Maid – c. 1660 – 1663 (canvas)
Family Portrait on a Terrace – 1667 (canvas)
Figures Drinking in a Courtyard – 1658 (canvas on panel)
A Game of Ninepins – c. 1665 (oil). Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
Garden Scene with Woman Holding a Glass of Wine, and a Child – c. 1658 – 1660