Leisure Time in an Elegant Setting
ca. 1663–65
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Extended canvas 22 15/16 x 27 5/16 in. (58.3 x 69.4 cm); original visible painted surface 21 5/8 x 26 in. (55 x 66 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.144
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About the Artist
Pieter de Hooch · 1629–1684
Pieter Hendricksz de Hooch (1629-after 1684) was a Dutch Golden Age painter renowned for his masterful depictions of domestic interiors and sun-drenched courtyards. Born in Rotterdam to working-class parents, he became one of the most celebrated genre painters of the seventeenth century. Working primarily in Delft from 1652 to 1660, de Hooch revolutionized interior painting through his unprecedent...