Man Handing a Letter to a Woman in the Entrance Hall of a House
Pieter de Hooch
1670
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
59; 68
About this artwork
height 68 cm x width 59 cm
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...