The Council Chamber in Amsterdam Town Hall
Pieter de Hooch · 1664
Pieter de Hooch
Dutch · 1629–1684
Pieter Hendricksz. de Hooch, was a Dutch Golden Age painter famous for his genre works of quiet domestic scenes with an open doorway. He was a contemporary, in the Delft Guild of St. Luke, of Jan Vermeer with whom his work shares themes and style. De Hooch was first recorded in Delft on 5 August 1652, when he and another painter, Hendrick van der Burgh witnessed the signing of a will. He was last documented in 1679, but his date of death is unknown.
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The Council Chamber in Amsterdam Town Hall
Pieter de Hooch · 1664
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
The Greeting
Pieter de Hooch
National Gallery of Art
A Dutch Courtyard
Pieter de Hooch
National Gallery of Art
The Bedroom
Pieter de Hooch
National Gallery of Art
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The Council Chamber in Amsterdam Town Hall
Pieter de Hooch · 1664
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
The Council Chamber in Amsterdam Town Hall (c. 1663 to 1665) is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Pieter de Hooch. It is held in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, in Madrid.
A Dutch Courtyard
Pieter de Hooch
National Gallery of Art
A Dutch Courtyard (1658 to 1660) is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Pieter de Hooch. The original resides in the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. A later, altered replica also exists, part of the collection of the Mauritshuis Museum in The Hague.
The Bedroom
Pieter de Hooch
National Gallery of Art
The Bedroom (1658 to 1660) is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch painter Pieter de Hooch. It is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is part of the collection of the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe in Germany. The painting was documented by Hofstede de Groot in 1910, who wrote:72.
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