Pieter de Hooch (1629 – 1684) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He was well known for his paintings of domestic interior scenes. The people that he painted were always the most important part of his compositions; the environment always came second and therefore was not quite as detailed as they were in some of his contemporaries’ paintings. It is believed that Hooch’s paintings may have influenced Vermeer, though it is not entirely certain.
Paintings by Pieter de Hooch in Chronological Order:
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| Happy Drinker, c.1650 | Woman with Basket of Beans in the Kitchen Garden, 1651 | Tavern Scene with Maid Trying to Fill the Glass of a Cavalier (The Empty Glass), c.1652 |
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| Man Offering a Glass of Wine to a Woman, 1653 | Two Soldiers and a Serving Woman with a Trumpeter, c.1655 | The Morning Toilet of a Young Man, c.1656 |
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| Interior of a Dutch House, c.1657 | The Visit, c.1657 | Two Women with a Child in Court, c.1657 |
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| A Dutch Courtyard, c.1658 | A woman and a Child on a Bleichwiese, c.1658 | A Woman Drinking with Two Men, c.1658 |
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| A Woman with a Baby in Her Lap, and a Small Child, 1658 | Cardplayers, 1658 | Courtyard of a House in Delft, 1658 |
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| Paying the Hostess, 1658 | Soldiers Playing Cards, c.1658 | The Courtyard of a House in Delft, c.1658 |
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| Woman and a Child in a Pantry, c.1658 | Woman Drinking with Soldiers, 1658 | Nursing mother, c.1659 |
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| The Bedroom, c.1659 | A Woman and a Maid in a Courtyard, c.1660 | Woman and Child in a Courtyard, c.1660 |
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| Interior with a Mother Delousing Her Child, c.1660 | Dutch family, c.1662 | Mother at the Cradle, c.1662 |
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| A Woman Peeling Apples, c.1663 | At the Linen Closet, 1663 | Portrait of a Family of Musicians, 1663 |
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| Woman with Infant, Serving Maid with Child, c.1663 | Company in Garden | Interior with Figures, c.1664 |
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| Skittle Players in a Garden, c.1664 | The Card Players, c.1664 | Woman Reading a Letter, 1664 |
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| Woman Weighing Gold Coins, c.1664 | A Mistress and her Maid, c.1665 | The Council Chamber of the Burgermasters, c.1665 |
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| Couple with Parrot, 1668 | Woman hands over money to her servant, 1670 | Card Players at a Table, c.1672 |
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| A Musical Conversation, 1674 | A sick child, c.1675 | A Musical Party, 1677 |
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| Concert, c.1680 | Company Making Music | Going for the Walk |
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| Interior | Interior with Two Gentleman and a Woman Beside a Fire | Tric Trac Spieler |
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| Woman with a Child and a Maid in an Interior |