Pieter de Hooch: Man Handing a Letter to a Woman in the Entrance Hall of a House
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Artist |
Pieter de Hooch
(1629–after 1684 date QS:P,+1684–00–00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1684–00–00T00:00:00Z/9 ) |
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Alternative names |
Pieter Hendricksz. de Hooch, Pieter de Hoogh, Pieter Hendricksz. de Hoogh, Pieter de Hooghe, Pieter Hendricksz. de Hooghe |
Description |
Dutch painter and drawer |
Date of birth/death |
20 December 1629 (baptised) |
after 24 March 1684 date QS:P,+1684-03-24T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1684-03-24T00:00:00Z/11 |
Location of birth/death |
Rotterdam |
Amsterdam |
Work period |
1652-1679 |
Work location |
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Authority file |
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artist QS:P170,Q314889 |
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Title |
French: Un homme remettant une lettre à une femme dans l'entrée d'une maison Man Handing a Letter to a Woman in the Entrance Hall of a House label QS:Len,"Man Handing a Letter to a Woman in the Entrance Hall of a House"
label QS:Lnl,"Het aanreiken van een brief in een voorhuis" |
Object type |
painting |
Genre |
genre art |
Description |
Man handing a letter to a woman in the entrance hall of a house. A young woman sits by the window with a dog on her lap. To the right a young man approaches holding a letter. To the left another dog. Through the open door a child can be seen playing on the street alongside a canal (perhaps the Kloveniersburgwal in Amsterdam). |
Date |
1670 date QS:P571,+1670-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
Dimensions |
height: 68 cm (26.7 in); width: 59 cm (23.2 in) dimensions QS:P2048,68U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,59U174728 |
Collection |
Rijksmuseum
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Native name |
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam |
Location |
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Coordinates |
52° 21′ 36″ N, 4° 53′ 07″ E |
Established |
1800 |
Website |
rijksmuseum.nl |
Authority file |
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institution QS:P195,Q190804 |
Current location |
Gallery of Honour |
Accession number |
SK-C-147 |
Place of creation |
Amsterdam |
Object history |
after 1824 date QS:P,+1824-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1824-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 (?): Christina Catharina Kemper-de Vries, Leiden
1833: purchased by Adriaan van der Hoop (1778-1854), Amsterdam, from Christina Catharina Kemper-de Vries through Jeronimo de Vries (art dealer)
15 March 1854: bequeathed to the city of Amsterdam, Inventory number SA 7515, by Adriaan van der Hoop, Amsterdam
from 1854 until 1885date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1854-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1885-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Museum Van der Hoop, Oudezijds Achterburgwal, Amsterdam
30 June 1885: lent to the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Inventory number SK-C-147, by the city of Amsterdam
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Exhibition history |
Love letters. Dutch genre painting in the age of Vermeer, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 1 October 2003–31 December 2003, ISBN 0-7112-2338-6, ISBN 0-9720736-6-3.
De Hollandse meesters van een Amsterdamse bankier. De verzameling van Adriaan van der Hoop, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 15 October 2004–23 January 2005.
Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art. Masterpieces from the Rijksmuseum, Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio, 24 September 2006–7 January 2007, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, 27 January 2007–6 May 2007, Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, 26 May 2007–16 September 2007, p. 218.
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Inscriptions |
Signature and date center:
P. de hooch. f. 1670.
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References |
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue, as Man Handing a Letter to a Woman in the Entrance Hall of a House, 68 × 59 cm (26.7 × 23.2 in).
Amsterdam Museum collectie online, as Het aanreiken van een brief in een voorhuis, 68 × 59 cm (26.7 × 23.2 in).
RKDimages, Art-work number 25650, as Young woman with a letter and a messenger in an interior, 68 × 59 cm (26.7 × 23.2 in)
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, object 00075541, as Der Brief, 61 × 47 cm (24 × 18.5 in)
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Source/Photographer |
Geheugen van Nederland : Home : Info : Pic |
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